JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s military said on Monday it had intercepted a drone launched from Yemen after sirens sounded near Eilat, a day after Yemen’s Houthis hit an airport close to the southern Israeli city with a drone. Later on Monday, the military said sirens had sounded in the Negev area after the intrusion of another […]
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s military said on Monday it had intercepted a drone launched from Yemen after sirens sounded near Eilat, a day after Yemen’s Houthis hit an airport close to the southern Israeli city with a drone.
Later on Monday, the military said sirens had sounded in the Negev area after the intrusion of another drone. It did not say what had happened to that drone.
Israel’s Ramon Airport near Eilat resumed operations after being briefly shut on Sunday when a drone launched from Yemen struck the arrivals hall.
The Iran-backed Houthis have been launching missiles and drones thousands of kilometres north towards Israel since the start of the war in Gaza, in what the militant group says is an act of solidarity with the Palestinians.
Israel has retaliated by bombing Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, including the vital Hodeidah port.
(Reporting by Ahmed ElimamEditing by Gareth Jones and Helen Popper)