Houthi drone strike Israel’s Ramon Airport
Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a drone strike against Israel’s Ramon Airport near the Red Sea city of Eilat that injured two people.
The attack on Sunday, which targeted the arrivals hall, had halted operations at the airport for around two hours.
A drone targeted Ramon Airport, which, by Allah’s grace, directly hit the airport and caused the airport to shut down and halt air traffic, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement.
The Israeli army claimed intercepting three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Yemen on Sunday while a fourth fell near Ramon Airport in southern Israel.
In a statement, the Israeli army said three drones were shot down as they were making their way from Yemen.
An additional UAV was launched from Yemen and fell in the area of Ramon Airport in southern Israel, the army said.
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported minor injuries at the Ramon Airport from the drone strike.
The Houthis have intensified missile and drone strikes on Israel since Israeli forces resumed attacks on the Gaza Strip in March after two months of a shaky ceasefire.
On Aug. 28, an Israeli airstrike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed 12 top Houthi officials, including Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib Al-Rahawi and nine other ministers.
Since November 2023, the group has targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where nearly 64,400 victims have been killed in an Israeli genocide.
