The Israeli Air Force on Sunday intercepted a drone launched by Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
The attack triggered air-raid sirens in the town of Be’er Ora, located adjacent to Ramon Airport in southern Israel, due to the potential threat of falling shrapnel, according to the military.
Early on Saturday, the IAF intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi terrorists. The attack set off sirens across central Israel at 3:47 a.m., including in Tel Aviv, sending millions of people racing for shelter.
The Houthis claimed that attack targeted “sensitive sites of the Zionist enemy in the occupied Jaffa area” and that the projectile had carried a cluster warhead.
On Thursday, the IAF intercepted a missile and a drone launched from Yemen in separate incidents. Hours later, the military reported that a third “suspicious aerial target” had been identified, saying only that the incident “had ended,” without elaborating.
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday struck Houthi terrorist targets in the areas of Sanaa and Al Jawf in Yemen. Among the assets hit were “military camps in which operatives of the terrorist regime were identified, the Houthis’ Military Public Relations Headquarters and a fuel storage facility,” the military said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday noted the IDF’s Aug. 28 strike in Sanaa, which killed Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi along with other senior Cabinet officials.
“In response, the Houthis fired ... at Ramon Airport [near Eilat],” said Netanyahu. “This did not discourage us—we hit them from the air again today in their terror facilities. Anyone who hits us, anyone who attacks us—we will reach them.”
