Israel Says Syrian Missile Was Misfire, Not Attack on Israeli Nuclear Reactor

An Israeli soldier holds a piece of debris with a mask after a missile launched from Syria landed in Ashalim settlement, near the Dimona nuclear power plant in Israel's southern Negev desert, on April 22, 2021. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

JERUSALEM—The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor was the result of a misfire and not a deliberate attack.

The missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, prompting Israel to respond with airstrikes on the missile launcher and other targets in Syria.