Nov 9, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Israeli army said on Thursday that it had intercepted a missile
"launched from Yemen" towards its southern city of Eilat.
The missile "did not breach Israeli airspace," said the army statement, which came after a kamikaze drone caused an explosion inside an Eilat schoolyard.
Israeli security sources have suggested that Houthi rebels in northern
Yemen may have been behind the drone launch.
The group, which has not commented on the matter, had on multiple previous
occasions confirmed launching kamikaze drones and missiles at targets inside
Israel in response to ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Last Monday, they vowed to "carry out more military operations to
support the Palestinian people's plight and in response to the calls of our
people and all the nations of the Ummah (Islamic community) until the savage
Israeli aggression on Gaza comes to a halt."
At least 10,812 Palestinians, including 4,412 children and 2,918 women, have been killed in Israeli air and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.
The Israeli death
toll, meanwhile, is nearly 1,600, according to official figures.
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