Sixteen people were lightly wounded by glass shards early on Saturday morning after a rocket fired from Yemen slammed into the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, Israel's emergency medical service, Magen-David Adom, reported.
Prior to the impact, sirens sounded across central Israel at 3:50 a.m.
MDA also treated 14 others who sustained minor injuries as they made their way to protected areas. The ambulance service additionally treated another seven who suffered from anxiety.
MDA said that ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and medicycle EMTs were dispatched to the scene and that the wounded, all of whom were in stable condition, were evacuated to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
"The scene was complex as the blast impact affected apartments in the nearby buildings," MDA paramedics Noam Weisbuch and senior EMT Noa Shimony stated.
"Initially, several mildly injured patients from glass shards and people suffering from anxiety arrived. We conducted searches in the apartments, treated and evacuated 16 lightly injured individuals from the scene, including a 3-year-old girl, and also treated those affected by anxiety."
Most of the wounded were discharged later on Saturday morning after their condition was assessed and care provided, Maariv reported.
Later on Saturday morning, Houthi spokesperson Yahya Qasim Sare'e said the Iranian-backed Yemeni terror organization had conducted the attack.
The Houthis claimed to have targeted an IDF military target with a hypersonic ballistic missile.
Sare'e stated the operation was part of the "promised conquest and the holy jihad." The spokesperson added that it was also part of the group's retaliation for Israeli military activity against Yemen.
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