© ansar AllahMissiles and drone aircraft are seen on display at an exhibition at an unidentified location in Yemen. Images released September 17, 2019.
The settlement's mayor says anti-air systems have been significantly increased in light of the recent operations.
A drone coming from the direction of the Red Sea infiltrated the "Eilat" settlement before being intercepted by the Israeli occupation, according to Israeli media reports.
A number of Israeli news agencies estimated that the UAV was launched from Yemen, stating that this "is the most logical assumption."
In light of these developments,
the mayor of the settlement announced a "significant enhancement of air defense systems in the vicinity of Eilat."
News about missile and drone
launches from Yemen toward the occupation entity has been recurring in the past two weeks.
The operations come in light of paramount solidarity with the Palestinian people from Yemen, with the support seeing Sanaa seeking to retaliate against the Israeli occupation for its ongoing crimes and massacres against the civilians in Gaza.
Most recently,
Israeli outlets reported that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen at Monday dawn was intercepted by the US Navy in the northern Red Sea. Additionally, the Israeli Air Force stated a few days ago that it intercepted Yemeni drones over the Red Sea, claiming that they were launched from Yemen "potentially" toward "Israel".
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Yemen's Houthis say they launched missiles, drones at Israel
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group said it launched a "large number" of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Tuesday, after Israel's military said it downed an approaching "aerial target" off the Red Sea city of Eilat.
The operation was the third targeting Israel and there would be more, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement.
Saree said the attacks would continue until "Israeli aggression" stopped, referring to the war against Hamas in the Gaza strip.
After an initial warning of a possible "hostile aircraft intrusion", which sent residents of the tourist resort of Eilat running for shelter earlier on Tuesday, the Israeli military had said its "systems identified an aerial target approaching Israeli territory".
"There was no threat or risk to civilians," and the defensive action was successful, it added. There were no reports of any missiles or drones hitting Israeli territory from the Red Sea on Tuesday.
Yemen's Houthi leader, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, said on Oct. 10 that if the U.S. intervenes in the Gaza conflict directly, the group will respond by firing drones and missiles, and take other military options.
The Houthis see themselves as part of the so-called "Axis of Resistance" which encompasses Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim factions in Iraq and Lebanon's Hezbollah group.
The movement has battled a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. During the fighting the Houthis targeted strategic assets in the Gulf, most notably energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Separately, the Israeli military said it used the "Arrow" aerial defence system for the first time since the Oct. 7 outbreak of the war with Hamas to intercept a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea fired towards its territory.
A spokesman told Reuters the two aerial incidents were separate. In the second incident, Israeli fighter jets intercepted other aerial targets, he added.
Last week, Israel accused the Houthi movement of sending drones that caused explosions in two Egyptian towns on the Red Sea, saying they were intended to strike Israel.
The Pentagon said a U.S. Navy warship on Oct. 19 intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Houthi movement from Yemen potentially toward Israel.
More details of the announcement:
'Israel is at the moment discussing a response to Yemeni ballistic missiles/drone attacks.
If Yemen is targeted by Israel, Yemen possesses the capability to target Israeli interests along its southern coast, the Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea.
As such, Israeli military and naval bases in neighboring countries such as Eritrea and Djibouti.
Given the anti-Israeli objectives of the Yemeni armed forces' attacks, Saudi Arabia cannot remain neutral if American forces were to launch a possible attack on Yemen.
Because Yemen will target U.S. assets in Saudi Arabia. Other players will not sit idle by if the U.S. starts striking Yemen.
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