A Houthi ballistic missile strike in the Palestinian village of Sa’ir. July 13, 2025. Credit: X/Twitter

The first ballistic missile fired against Israel in response to its strikes against Iran hit a Palestinian village in the West Bank, according to the Israeli military.

The missile, fired by Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group, set off sirens across Israel on Friday evening as the country braced itself for an expected counterattack from Iran. The missile impacted near Hebron in the southern West Bank in the Palestinian village of Sa’ir.

Three children were wounded, according to the Red Crescent.

Since March 18, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following a two-month ceasefire, the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have launched 49 ballistic missiles and at least 11 drones at Israel, according to Israeli military data.

This is not the first time that Iranian and Houthis attacks against Israel have resulted in damage and casualties in Palestinian villages.

The only fatality from Iran’s mass missile attack against Israel in October 2024 was a Palestinian man from Gaza. The man was killed in the West Bank village of Nu’eima, near Jericho, by falling fuselage from an intercepted missile.

In Iran’s first attack against Israel in April 2024, a 7-year-old Bedouin girl was critically injured when shrapnel from a ballistic missile hit her family’s home in a Bedouin town near the Negev city of Arad. She was hospitalized for more than three months.