The Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, confirmed today, Sunday, that the air force intercepted 3 drones launched from Yemen towards Israel. Adraee published a military statement on his official ‘X’ account, confirming that 3 drones launched by the ‘Houthis’ in Yemen towards Israel were detected near his country’s borders.
In another statement by the Israeli army, it was confirmed that two drones were intercepted before reaching and crossing into Israeli territory, while nothing was mentioned about the third drone. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority indicated that the Yemeni drones were seen over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
In a related context, the Yemeni ‘Ansar Allah’ group announced last Thursday that the missile force carried out a military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in the Jaffa area with a ‘Zulfiqar’ ballistic missile. The spokesperson for Ansar Allah, Brigadier General Yahya Sari, said that ‘the missile reached its target, and all Israeli and American interception systems failed to intercept it,’ confirming that ‘the missile caused millions of Zionists to flee to shelters and the suspension of airport operations.’
On the same day, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that the ‘Houthi group in Yemen.’ On July 28, Ansar Allah announced an escalation of its attacks on Israel and the start of the fourth phase of the ‘naval blockade on Israel,’ vowing to target ships of any company dealing with Israeli ports, regardless of their nationality, and wherever the group’s forces can reach, in response to the continued operations of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
The ‘Ansar Allah’ group has been launching attacks on Israel and related ships in the Red Sea since November 2023 in response to the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. Since Tel Aviv resumed its military operations in the Gaza Strip last March 18, the Ansar Allah group in Yemen has intensified its attacks on Israel and ships associated with it, the United States, and Britain, prompting American forces to carry out hundreds of airstrikes on the group’s sites in Yemen before the group and Washington reached a ceasefire agreement on May 6. However, Ansar Allah confirmed that the agreement does not include operations against Israel.
The ‘Ansar Allah’ group has controlled the majority of the provinces, including the capital, Sanaa, since September 2014, while an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations on March 26, 2015, to support the Yemeni army in reclaiming those areas from the group’s grip.
