Israeli forces intercepted a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement on social media Sunday.

       The missile did not cross into Israeli territory, but “warnings of rocket and missile fire” were issued out of concern over shrapnel that could fall on residents, the IDF said. The missile approached Israel from the Red Sea, it said.

       Although it was not immediately clear who launched the missile, a Houthi military spokesman had promised retaliation for Israel’s airstrikes Saturday on Hodeida, a port city in Yemen controlled by the the rebel group. Spokesman Yahya Saree said the Israeli raids struck the port, a power station and a fuel tank.

       On Sunday, Saree said his group had launched “a number of missiles” against targets in the southern Israeli port city of Eilat. It was not immediately clear whether the two reported attacks were one and the same. Earlier on Sunday, the IDF said air defense sirens were sounding in the area of Eilat.

       The Israeli strikes on Saturday were a response to a rare drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday for which the Houthis claimed responsibility. The attack killed one person and struck just yards from a U.S. Embassy branch office.

       Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli response to the drone attack made “it clear to our enemies that there is no place that the long arm of the State of Israel will not reach.”

       After the war in Gaza began in October, the Houthis started attacking ships near the Yemeni coast in an effort to build pressure on Israel to end its military operations in the Strip. A U.S.-led naval task force has been responding to the assaults but has been unable to halt them entirely.