There were no reports of casualties or major damage, but Israeli media aired footage showing people racing to shelters in Ben Gurion international airport. The airport authority said it resumed normal operations shortly thereafter.

A fire could be seen in a rural area of central Israel, and local media showed images of what appeared to be a fragment from a missile or interceptor that landed on an escalator in a train station in the central town of Modiin. The military said the sound of explosions in the area came from interceptors.

The Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis, have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel since October to press Israel to end its war on Gaza.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, said they fired a ballistic missile targeting “a military target” in Jaffa, which is part of Tel Aviv.

Hashim Sharaf al-Din, a spokesperson for the Houthi-run government, said Yemenis will celebrate the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad while “the Israelis will have to be in shelters.” Another senior Houthi official, Hezam al-Asad, posted a taunting message in Hebrew on the social platform X.

In July, an Iranian-made drone launched by the Houthis struck Tel Aviv, killing one person and wounding 10 others. Israel responded with a wave of airstrikes on Houthi-held areas of Yemen.

The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea, imposing a blockade on Israel in support of Palestinians, and drawing strikes from Israel and its Western allies. 

The Israeli war on Gaza has rippled across the region with Iran and militant groups attacking Israeli and U.S. targets to press for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel's has so far killed at least 41,206 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

On several occasions, the strikes and counterstrikes have threatened to trigger a wider conflict.

International carriers have cancelled flights into and out of Israel on a number of occasions since the start of the war, adding to the war's economic toll on the country.

The Israeli occupation army said around 40 projectiles were fired from Lebanon early Sunday, with most intercepted or falling in open areas.

The strikes along the Israel-Lebanon border have displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides. Israel has repeatedly threatened to invade Lebanon.

Hezbollah has maintained it would halt its attacks if there is a ceasefire in Gaza. The United States and Arab mediators Egypt and Qatar have spent much of this year trying to broker a truce and the release of scores of captives held by Hamas, but the talks have repeatedly bogged down, since Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps adding new conditions, trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal.

In recent weeks, Netanyahu has insisted on maintaining lasting Israeli control over the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, which Israeli forces occupied in May.

Egypt has firmly rejected any lasting Israeli presence on the border, demanding Israel withdraw from the area.

*This story was edited by Ahram Online.