The project also aims to ease congestion on Israel’s roads by providing an alternative to private vehicles and reducing pressure on existing rail routes through Tel Aviv.

From a barren desert wasteland, early Jewish settlers built the land from scratch — transforming it into a global economic and technological powerhouse and cementing it as one of the world's great cities.

The attack comes after earlier in the day Israel intercepted a suicide drone launched from Yemen over the country’s south.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

A rocket that landed in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak set off a huge fireball as people fled for safety in nearby buildings.

In Raanana, a large rocket section smashed through the windshield of an empty parked car, its shaft eerily standing upright from the wreckage.

The attack set off sirens in multiple cities, including Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Kfar Saba and Ra’anana.

Fragments of an IDF interceptor hit a train station in Modi’in, causing damage, with images from the scene showing shattered glass and damage to an escalator.