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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL —A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, days after Israeli airstrikes hit Houthi rebels who have been launching missiles in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Another 14 people had minor injuries as they rushed to shelters when air raid sirens sounded before dawn, the military said.
The Houthis, in a statement on Telegram, said they had aimed a hypersonic ballistic missile at a military target they did not identify. Israel's military said it was investigating, adding that "we emphasize that aerial defense is not hermetic."
"A flash of light, a blow and we fell to the ground. Big mess, broken glasses all over the place," said Bar Katz, a resident of a damaged building.
The attack came after Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, and port city of Hodeida killed at least nine people Thursday. The strikes came hours after a missile from Yemen hit a school building in central Israel. The Houthis also claimed a drone strike targeting an unspecified military target in central Israel that day.
Israel's military says the Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 200 missiles and drones during the 14-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Houthis also have attacked shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and say they won't stop until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Israeli strikes Thursday caused "considerable damage" to the Houthi-controlled Red Sea ports, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. The Hodeida port has been key for food shipments into Yemen in its decade-long civil war.
Israeli strike hits refugee camp
Mourners in Gaza held funerals for 19 Palestinians - 12 of them children - killed in Israeli strikes on Friday and overnight.
One strike hit a residential building in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least seven, including five children and one woman, and injuring 16 others, health officials said.
In Gaza City, a strike on a house killed 12, including seven children and two women, according to Al-Ahli Hospital where the bodies were taken.
One man cradled a tiny shroud-wrapped body as mourners gathered at the hospital in Gaza City. Women comforted each other as they wept.
Later Saturday, al-Awda Hospital said an airstrike hit a house in Nuseirat and killed four people including two children, with 14 other people wounded. Israel's military said it was checking the report.
More than 45,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, when a Hamas attack in Israel killed about 1,200 people and triggered the war. Gaza's Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but has said more than half of fatalities are women and children.
Israel faces heavy international criticism over the unprecedented levels of civilian deaths in Gaza. It says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian deaths because its fighters operate in residential areas.
Health ministry asks for food
Gaza's Health Ministry issued an urgent appeal for medical and food supplies to be delivered to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in largely isolated northern Gaza, as Israel's military pressed its latest offensive.
The ministry reported continuous gunfire and Israeli shelling near the hospital, saying "shells have struck the third floor and the hospital's entrances, creating a state of panic."
Hospital director Dr. Husam Abu Safiyeh said the facility faced "severe shortages" and asserted that requests for essential medical supplies and ways to maintain oxygen, water and electricity systems "have largely gone unmet."
He said 72 wounded people were being treated at the hospital.
"Food is very scarce, and we cannot provide meals for the wounded," Safiyeh added. "We are urgently calling on anyone who can provide supplies to help us."
Aid groups have said Israeli military operations and armed gangs have hindered their ability to distribute aid.
The Israeli military organization dealing with humanitarian affairs for Gaza said Saturday it had led an operation delivering thousands of food packages, flour and water to the Beit Hanoun area in the north. It said trucks with the U.N. World Food Program transported them Friday to distribution centers in the area.