Houthis fire a missile at Tel Aviv; Israeli strikes kill several children in Gaza nbcnews.com

“The missile hit its target accurately and the defense and interception systems failed to intercept it,” the Houthis said in a statement Saturday morning, adding that the attack was in response to “the massacres against our brothers in Gaza.”

A missile launched from Yemen struck Tel Aviv early Saturday in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

The attack came just hours after seven children were killed in northern Gaza on Friday when Israeli airstrikes struck a house in Jabaliya, the Palestinian Civil Defense said, as Israel continues its offensive after 15 months of war that has spilled over into the region.

Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv's Jaffa district as a missile landed in the area after interception attempts failed, according to the Israel Defense Forces.