Preliminary investigations by the Israeli Air Force have indicated that while the Arrow (Hetz) defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi group, it failed to completely destroy it, Anadolu reports citing Israeli media.

Despite the interception, the missile landed in an open area near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the reports said.

The Israeli military announced it had launched an investigation into the performance of its air defense systems in response to the ground-to-ground ballistic missile attack.

The Houthi-launched missile targeted central Israel and caused minor injuries to nine people while rushing to shelters. Fires broke out in nearby forests, and a large cement factory also caught fire, likely due to debris from the interceptors, the media reports said.