JERUSALEM: The Israeli military shot down a rocket launched toward a Red Sea resort town near the border with Egypt on Tuesday, the army said.

It was the first time Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket attack on the resort of Eilat, the military said.

The army said the rocket was intercepted early Tuesday and that there were no injuries. It didn’t provide more details and refused to comment on the origins of the projectile.

The Ansar Jerusalem, claimed responsibility for launching the rocket in an e-mail to The Associated Press.