Interception of Yemen missile said to spark fire in Beit Shemesh

By Sam Sokol

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7 October 2024, 7:11 pm 8 Edit

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

A fire appears to have been ignited in Beit Shemesh after fragments of an Israeli interceptor fell on the Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel neighborhood following the launch of a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen. (Update: The city later says the fire was unrelated to the missile attack.)

Footage from national broadcaster Kan shows a sidewalk on fire in the Jerusalem suburb. Local news outlet Beit Shemesh Hadashot reports that Mayor Shmulik Greenberg is on the way to the site.