The IDF announced that Israel’s Arrow system, designed to take out ballistic missiles, actually took out a missile believed to be fired from Yemen this morning.

The IDF called it a ‘surface to surface missile’:

The [Israeli Air Force] intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the area of the Red Sea. This is the first operational interception by the Arrow Aerial Defense System since the beginning of the war.

An additional aerial threat was successfully intercepted by IAF fighter jets in the area this morning. No infiltrations into Israeli territory were identified.

 
Here’s more from Times of Israel:

The Arrow air defense system intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from the “Red Sea area” at Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the first operational use of the long-range system during the war with Hamas.

The missile was believed to have been launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, aimed for the southernmost city of Eilat.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that air force systems tracked the missile’s trajectory and intercepted it “at the most appropriate operational time and location.”

Photos showed a trail of smoke from the Arrow missile, as residents reported hearing a large blast.

The IDF also said fighter jets downed another two “hostile targets” — believed to be drones — that were flying in the Red Sea area during the morning.

“All the threats were intercepted outside the territory of the State of Israel. No intrusion into Israeli territory was detected,” the IDF added.

Iran-backed Houthis said Tuesday that they had launched drones toward Israel, triggering sirens in Eilat amid Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

“These drones belong to the state of Yemen,” said Abdelaziz bin Habtour, prime minister of the Houthi government, when asked about the launch toward Eilat.

Thank goodness for Israel’s air defense systems. It sounds like they are going to be tested quite a bit over the next few months as Israel seeks to exterminate Hamas while they fight Hezbollah in Lebanon and other Iran proxies in Syria.