On Wednesday night, a drone launched by the Houthi terrorist group, an Iran-backed group based in Yemen, struck the southern Israeli city of Eilat, injuring 22 people
Emergency responders from Magen David Adom, Israel’s medical service, treated the victims at the scene and took them to Yoseftal Hospital, with two people in critical condition.
Videos shared online show people running for cover as warning sirens blared.
The drone appeared to have hit an area near a large shopping mall, near Eilat’s main pedestrian street.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that they attempted to intercept the drone, but two Iron Dome missiles failed to bring it down.
An investigation has been launched to understand the cause of the failure.
Search and rescue teams are working at the impact site.
BREAKING: Houthi terrorists from Yemen launched a suicide drone at southern Israel, which landed and injured four people, one critically.
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Israeli police urged the public to avoid the crash site and not touch debris, which may contain explosives.
The army also advised citizens to follow the Home Front Command’s safety guidelines.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wished the injured a speedy recovery and issued a warning to the Houthis: “Houthi terrorists refuse to learn from Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza, but they will learn the hard way.
Anyone who attacks Israel will receive a sevenfold response.”
Last week, another drone from “the east”-the IDF’s term for Houthi attacks-crashed in the courtyard of a hotel in Eilat, causing no injuries.
Minutes later, a second drone was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force.
About an hour after these incidents, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile that triggered alerts in central Israel, forcing millions of people to take shelter.
On September 16, the IDF attacked the Houthi-controlled port of Hudaydah in Yemen, accusing the group of using the site to receive weapons from Iran destined for attacks against Israel and its allies.
The strike hit a military structure in response to repeated Houthi drone and missile attacks.
Since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, the Houthis have intensified their actions against the country, including a missile attack near Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 4 and another with an explosive drone at Ramon Airport near Eilat on September 7.
Israel has already carried out several operations against the Houthis, including an attack on August 28 that killed the group’s “prime minister” and other leaders.
Minister Katz vowed that Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the Houthi leader, and his government “will be sent to the depths of hell.” He also criticized the Houthi motto, “Death to Israel, curse on the Jews,” which is on their flag, and said it will be replaced by the blue and white Israeli flag, which “will fly over the capital of a unified Yemen.”
Published in 09/24/2025 21h10
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