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Yemen's Houthis Claim Fatal Drone Attack on Tel Aviv

Yemen's Houthis Claim Fatal Drone Attack on Tel Aviv

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  • The Yemeni Houthi rebels took credit for a suspected drone attack in central Tel Aviv near the US embassy branch office early on Friday, which reportedly killed one and injured at least 10.Yemen's Houthi rebels took credit for a suspected drone attack in central Tel Aviv near the US embassy branch office early on Friday, which reportedly killed one and injured at least 10.

  • A Houthi spokesperson described the attack — reportedly carried out by a new drone called "Jaffa" that the group claims is capable of evading interception systems — as a "victory for the oppressed Palestinian people and their fighters."

  • The rebels added that they had attacked "one of the important targets in the occupied Jaffa region, what is now called Israeli Tel Aviv," and vowed to carry out further attacks on Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.


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