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UAE shoots down ballistic missile fired by Houthis during Israeli president’s visit

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels while Israel’s president was officially visiting the country, Anadolu Agency reports.

The UAE’s “air defense intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist group towards the country,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Twitter.

No damage was caused by the attack, the ministry said.

It added that debris fell in an unpopulated area and there were no casualties.

The attack came on the same night that Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his first official visit to the UAE as the country’s head of state.

 

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency