Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired toward the country by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, setting off sirens late Monday in central areas including Tel Aviv. The Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at Israel as well as attacking shipping in the Red Sea corridor — attacks they say won’t stop until Israel agrees to a ceasefire in

In recent weeks, Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels have claimed to have fired several missiles at Israel, triggering retaliatory strikes from Jerusalem targeting the rebels' strategic assets and infrastructure.

Israel is signaling a wider campaign against Houthi militants in Yemen, a mountainous and impoverished country more than 1,000 miles from Israeli territory.