Suspected Houthi drone attack strikes Israeli city of Eilat

A drone launched “from the east” by the Israeli military crashed in Eilat, south of the city, causing no casualties but material damage.

According to reports, the drone crashed into the hotel district of the city.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Yemeni government’s latest strike on Israel appears to be on the rise. Israel has targeted Yemen on numerous occasions.

Israel’s attacks on Yemen increased, killing dozens, after Qatar was bombed on September 9.

Following a string of 12 strikes by Israel on Tuesday against Yemen’s port of Hodeidah, the drone attack in Eilat comes. Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthis’ government in Sanaa, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in late August.

The Houthis claim that more than 40 people were killed by Israeli bombings of the Yemeni capital and the northern province of al-Jawf on Thursday.

The Houthis have launched drone and missile attacks against Israel since Israel started its genocidal war against Gaza in October 2023, claiming that they did so in solidarity with the Palestinians who were under siege. In the Red Sea, they have also taken particular aim at vessels.

That has resulted in airstrikes from the United States and the UK as well as from Israel. Since the US and the UK agreed to a ceasefire agreement with the Houthis in May, they haven’t attacked Yemen.