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An Israeli newspaper revealed on Monday a missile attack from Yemen targeting the city of “Eilat” in southern occupied Palestine.
The “Times of Israel” quoted the Israeli enemy army as saying: “The long-range Arrow air defense system shot down a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in Yemen over the Red Sea on Monday morning,” adding that the missile was targeting “the city of Eilat.”
The newspaper indicated that sirens sounded in the city at the time of the incident, and reports mentioned no injuries.
The newspaper published a circulated video clip posted by an Israeli journalist on his account on the “X” platform, claiming to show “the interception of the missile,” but the video does not show the moment of interception.
Footage shared on social media purportedly shows a smoke trail from the Arrow interceptor missile over the Eilat area. pic.twitter.com/7XiAqHaeYB
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It is noteworthy that the spokesperson for the Sanaa government forces announced earlier on Monday evening an “important statement from the Yemeni armed forces at 10:50 PM Sanaa time.”
Since late last year, the Sanaa government forces have begun announcing strikes on Israeli targets in the occupied Palestinian territories and targeting Israeli ships and related vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas before extending their operations to part of the Indian Ocean. Recently, they announced the beginning of the fourth phase of escalation against ships “even in the Mediterranean Sea” to support Palestinians in Gaza. They state that their operations against “Israel” will continue until the latter stops the genocide in Gaza and lifts the blockade.
In response, the United States and Britain launched airstrikes on Yemen. In turn, the Sanaa government forces announced that their operations would include targeting American and British commercial and military ships in response to what they called the “American-British aggression.”
On February 19, 2024, the European Union announced the launch of a military operation named “Aspides,” led by Italy in the Red Sea, while the United States announced an operation named “Guardian of Prosperity,” both aiming to counter the attacks launched by the Sanaa government forces against “Israel.”
