Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) — A drone launched from Yemen by the Houthi Mulitant Group has raided Israel’s southern airport, shutting down airspace in southern Israel and halting flights, Israeli forces said on Sunday.
Israel said Houthis fired multiple drones, some of which were intercepted outside Israel. At least one person has collided in a passenger hall at Ramon International Airport near Eilat, in the southern part of Israel, according to Israeli Airport authorities.
In May, the Houthi missile was hit Near Israel’s major airports, Four people have been mildly injured and many airlines have cancelled flights to Israel for several months. After Israel It was hit and destroyed A major airport in Yemen’s capital, owned by Sanaa rebels.
Houthis was injured when he stepped up his attack on Israel
According to Israeli rescue team Mazen David Adom, one person was mildly injured at the airport from a rap shotgun as a result of the drone.
Nasruddin Amer, deputy director of the Houthi Media Office, welcomed the attacks on social media, calling them “a unique and qualitative military operation.”
“The enemy airports are not safe. Foreigners must leave them for their own safety,” he writes. “Other sensitive targets are on fire.”
Sunday’s attack came two weeks later Israel’s strike against SanaaYemen, the rebel capital, along with many of his cabinet, killed the prime minister of the Khuti government. Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawy He was the most senior Hooty official killed in an Israeli US campaign against Iran-backed rebels.
Following the killing of al-Rahawi, rebels vowed to escalate their attacks on Israel and attack on ships sailing along key Red Sea routes off Yemen.
In their recent attacks, rebels launched projectiles multiple times a day each day, and began using cluster ammunition in missile attacks against Israel. Cluster ammunition is opened with small explosives that are difficult to intercept, increasing the chances of passing through Israeli air defense systems.
Ramon Airport opened in 2019 and is located approximately 19 km (12 miles) from the resort city Eilat on the southern tip of Israel. It serves both domestic and international flights, but is much smaller than Ben Gurion Airport, the major Israeli airport in central Israel.
Israel advances with the operation of Gaza city
Also on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to advance Israeli operations in Gaza city as negotiations continued between Israel and Hamas.
“Our efforts in Gaza, our last base, and in fact the last important base, Gaza city is part of our efforts to complete the crushing of Iranian axis chokeholds,” Netanyahu said at the start of weekly cabinet meetings in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu claimed that more than 100,000 Palestinians had left Gaza before the project, despite international organizations fighting against the figures. Where did the Palestinians ask in Gaza? It may probably be safe.
Last week, only 41,000 people have been evacuated from the estimated approximately 1 million people around Gaza since mid-August, according to the United Nations.
Stagnant negotiations between Hamas and Israel
Meanwhile, attempts to restart negotiations between Israel and Hamas are full.
Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’ Politburo, said extremist groups would not abandon their arms until an independent Palestinian state from Jerusalem is established as the capital. However, he said Hamas is ready for a long ceasefire and will release hostages still being detained in Gaza in exchange for the full withdrawal of many Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and Israeli forces from Gaza.
Naim said Hamas is still waiting for Israel to respond to 60 days Proposal of ceasefire It was created last month by an Egyptian-Qatari mediator.
The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment on the negotiations.
There are still 48 hostages in custody in Gaza, 20 of whom believe Israel is still alive. The militants lured 251 people and killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel during the war-caused attack on October 7, 2023.
Strike kills 13 Palestinians in Gaza
At least 13 Palestinians were killed on an Israeli strike Sunday morning, including six children and three women, according to a local hospital. Sifa Hospital in northern Gaza said eight people were killed in an Israeli strike at a school where displaced people were refugee. Israeli military said it was targeting extremists around the schools and warned civilians to evacuate before the strike. The military accused Hamas of hiding weapons and extremists within civilian regions.
Five other five people have been killed in strikes in tents and apartment buildings in central Gaza and Gaza city, according to a local hospital. Israeli troops did not immediately comment on other strikes.
The Gaza Health Ministry said a total of 64,368 people have been killed and 162,776 have been injured since the start of the war. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but says that more than half of the victims are women and children.
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Magiddy reported from Cairo.
