On Friday night, a Houthi ballistic missile managed to evade three of Israel’s most sophisticated missile interceptors. Miraculously, the missile landed in an empty playground in Yaffo, causing only minimal indirect injuries. The location: Between Baal Shem Tov St. and Mezritcher Maggid St. near Chabad St.
By Anash.org reporter
During the auspicious days of Yud Tes Kislev this past week, Houthi terrorists in Yemen launched a drone and two ballistic missiles at Israel with the intent to cause serious harm.
According to reports, they first launched a drone, which was successfully intercepted by an Apache army helicopter. They then launched a ballistic missile. In what became the second interception failure for ballistic missiles launched from Yemen, multiple interceptors were fired including Arrow 3 and David’s Sling, but in an exceptional failure, they all failed to intercept the warhead.
Typically, even when interceptors fail, missiles tend to fall into “open areas.” In this instance, the missile headed straight toward a highly compact residential neighborhood. Yet miraculously, as it was early morning, it fell into an empty park in the middle of the residential area. Furthermore, the sirens failed to sound before the missile’s impact, leaving people with no time to reach shelter.
Miraculously, no one was directly hit by the missile. Others were only lightly injured by broken glass or falling on the way to the shelter.
Amazingly, the Yaffo playground where the missile landed on the night between Yud Tes and Chof Kislev is located near Baal Shem Tov Street and Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch Street, not far from Chabad Street. A fragment of the missile fell on Chabad Street with no injuries.
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