Interceptor Fragments from Houthi Attack Found on Knesset Grounds

December 20, 2024

by: JNS

Friday, 20 December 2024 | Interceptor fragments from the Houthi missile attack overnight Wednesday were found on the grounds of Israel’s parliament complex in Jerusalem.

Guards located the debris during a routine search of the area. There were no injuries or damage from the impact and the pieces were removed by police sappers [combat engineers].

No air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem during the attack, which was also the case in Modi’in, a city located roughly halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where its mayor said on Thursday that shrapnel from the missile interception impacted in two places, causing minor damage.

No injuries reported in the Modi’in incident; Mayor Haim Bibas asked the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] Home Front Command why no air-raid alerts were heard.

An elementary school in the Ramat Efal neighborhood of Ramat Gan, just east of Tel Aviv, suffered severe damage when the missile warhead exploded following the interception, the IDF said. According to the city’s mayor, the impact caused a partial collapse of the school’s central building, prompting the cancellation of classes for the day. No injuries were reported.

Security forces were looking into damage caused by falling shrapnel in additional areas.

Posted on December 20, 2024

Source: (This article was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on December 19, 2024. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

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