A group of rescue cats used up one of their nine lives after a missile landed yards away from their sanctuary and failed to explode.

Chachi's Haven, near Tel Mond in the Sharon Region of Israel, has been helping more than 500 street felines during the conflict and been attacked several times.

The cat shelter survived another near miss on Monday (14/10) after a missile was intercepted before landing in a field just next door to the facility.

Video footage shows the smoking projectile unexploded with its fins dislodged nearby following the lucky escape.

Founder of the shelter Gail Joss, 65, said: "During the third attack in the afternoon, I was sure I heard a high-pitched whizzing sound go past our back door.

"It turns out that one of the missiles was intercepted right above us.

"It landed in the field next door.

"The security forces were out there securing it because it could still explode.

"So, maybe we were lucky, but it doesn't feel like it."

It was reported that the Israeli military claimed the projectiles were fired from Lebanon.

This latest attack comes off the back of a significant incursion by Iran on October 1 when around 200 missiles were fired in two waves into Israel.

One person was killed and several injured in the launches which Tehran said were a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others.

Gail said that during the October 1 attack, the earth shook around her and the cats as missiles thudded nearby.

Ready-made bomb shelters are too expensive said Gail and also impractical due to the large number of cats at the shelter, so Chachi's Haven does not have one.

When under attack - the cats have resorted to comforting each other by rubbing their heads together.