Ramon Airport
“Taking out their leaders is not enough to stop the Houthi threat,” Maj. (res.) Alexander Grinberg told JNS. “The Houthis are not Hezbollah.”
Video appears to show the moment of impact. The airspace over Ramon was briefly shut down.
Around 110 flew to France, while the remainder will settle in Bosnia and Chile.
Hundreds of Palestinians have already been flown to third countries, primarily Germany, Romania and the United Arab Emirates.
Israel has finalized arrangements to enable thousands of Gazans to leave daily through three routes.
Israeli carrier Israir will operate twice-weekly flights between Eilat and Athens, Greece.
The UAV hit 200 meters from the Israeli border, according to the IDF.
Residents of the Strip would be shuttled from the Erez crossing to Ramon Airport.
Moussa Rahal, a spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Transport, said: “National duty compels us not to travel through Ramon Airport; we advise them not to go there.”
The move was part of a series of gestures Israel is making to improve Palestinian living conditions in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria typically go to Jordan to catch international flights, as they need special permission to travel via Ben-Gurion Airport.
International flights from Eilat’s Ramon Airport to start in August
“International flights from Eilat are big news, for Eilat and Israel,” says Eilat Mayor Eli Lankri.