A Bedouin missile fired from Yemen caused sirens to sound in dozens of towns and cities in Israel.

Among the cities are Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, to which Israeli media said a number of planes turned back while the sirens sounded.

The Israeli army's home front sounded sirens in dozens of cities and towns in central Israel.

The Israeli army said in a statement: “Following up on the warnings in the center of the country, there is talk of a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen.”

He later added: “The Air Force successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen.”

The massive interception of the missile was heard in many places, including Jerusalem.

Israeli News Channel 12 said that an Arrow or "Hetz" interceptor missile was used to intercept the missile.

One Saham interceptor missile costs about 2-3 million US dollars.

This type of interceptor missile is not used except against ballistic missiles and if they are on their way to population centers.

This is the second time that sirens have sounded in the city of Tel Aviv since the morning hours, after the Hamas movement launched 5 rockets from Gaza that landed in cities and neighborhoods near Tel Aviv after the air defenses failed to intercept them.

This comes in conjunction with Israel's commemoration of the first anniversary of the October 7 attack on the Gaza Strip, which left about 1,200 people dead a year ago.

Sirens sounded in the area scheduled to host the main ceremonies for this anniversary in the city of Tel Aviv.

Israel had announced that the ceremony would be limited to a limited number of people due to security developments.