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☆ Israelis fear for hostages as Netanyahu celebrates ‘crushing blows’ against enemies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Mike Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN —As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates what he sees as major victories against Hamas and Hezbollah this week, the mood in Tel Aviv is far from celebratory. On Wednesday, Netanyahu said that his country “struck crushing blows” to the “the three H’s” – Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah, all Iranian-backed, all fierce Israeli foes. Hamas also blamed Israel for the assassination of their political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed on Wednesday in Tehran. Netanyahu’s tone stands at odds with the mood on the ground in Tel Aviv, including among families of the hostages still in Gaza. Polls have repeatedly shown that most Israelis prioritize the release of hostages over continued war.

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At least 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others abducted to Gaza in Hamas’ October 7 assault, according to Israeli authorities. Israel’s military response in the strip has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians and injured over 90,000, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. As of early July, nearly 2 million people had been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population, according to UN figures. Ricardo Moraes/Reuters“Brief window”: There are 111 hostages still in Gaza, including 39 believed to be dead, according to data from Netanyahu’s office. Iran and Hamas have blamed the assassination on Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in his killing.

Persons: Ricardo Moraes, Benjamin Netanyahu, “ Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Nissan Kalderon, Ofer Kalderon, Anat Angrest, Matan Angrest, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: Reuters, Gaza’s Ministry of Health Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Iran

Now as a 30-year-old, he will compete in the 10,000-meter race, representing the International Olympic Committee’s refugee team for the second time in his career. It’s not for you.’ He couldn’t be here.”Abdelmaji left for a high-altitude training camp in Ethiopia for several weeks last fall before returning to Tel Aviv. "You represent the refugees around the world.”Jamal Abdelmaji, right, trains for Paris 2024 at a Tel Aviv running track. Stopped by Israeli soldiers, he spent the first days in a refugee camp before he was sent to Tel Aviv. Really, really looking forward to it.

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☆ South Sudan is on the rise at the Olympics, just as Luol Deng envisioned it
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

And that’s way bigger than wins and losses.”Really cool scene outside the arena after USA vs. South Sudan. Back on July 20, in London, South Sudan came within a couple possessions late of upsetting America in an exhibition. In the 11 days since the near upset of the century, South Sudan was searched an estimated 152,000 times. Then, in the country’s Olympics debut, South Sudan beat Puerto Rico to make national history. “There’s a lot of jokes in the media, a lot of people saying certain things about South Sudan.

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☆ A deadly Houthi attack on Tel Aviv is forcing Israel to rethink its drone defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Read previewThe Houthis' unprecedented July 19 drone attack against Tel Aviv from Yemen caught Israelis by surprise, piercing the country's battle-tested defenses and exposing vulnerabilities that the Yemen-based rebels were ready and willing to exploit. "This confirms that technology alone, even for one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world, is not enough to provide effective protection," Borsari said. "Firstly, the advanced Houthi drone was launched for the first time, following an atypical flight path that likely caught the Israelis off guard," Khoueiry told BI. Houthi Media Center via Getty Images'A more cunning approach'Following the deadly attack, the Israeli military promptly increased air patrols to protect Israeli airspace. "This means integrating low-tier air defense capabilities at scale, combining different types of effectors with an eye on cost-effectiveness," Borsari said.

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It was a precise strike that took out an office in a building and caused little damage outside of that. Months of tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Hezbollah had largely been confined to areas near the border between Lebanon and Israel. Israel and the US blamed Hezbollah for the strike; the group denied responsibility. Israel had vowed to punish Hezbollah for the Golan strike, raising fears once again that simmering tensions could finally spiral into all-out conflict. Israel said the weekend assault in Golan had crossed a red line.

Persons: Israel, ”, Hassan Nasrallah Organizations: Lebanese, Hezbollah, US, CNN Locations: Palestinian, Gaza, Beirut, Israel, Lebanon, Golan Heights, “, Tel Aviv, Golan

☆ Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike after deadly Golan Heights attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Beirut CNN —Israel says it has launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah commander that it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. An Israeli official identified the target of the strike as Fu’ad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin. Israel wanted to send “a very strong message” with tonight’s strike, according to a senior Israeli official, but hopes to avoid further escalation. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the strike but did say it had fired at Israeli military targets in the area. Tuesday’s attack is of a different caliber, marking the largest Israeli escalation with the powerful Lebanese militant group since October 8.

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☆ Fu’ad Shukr: Israeli strike targeting a top Hezbollah military leader takes region to the brink of all-out war
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israel says it has killed Hezbollah’s most senior military official, Fu’ad Shukr, in a drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a populous neighborhood that is also the Iran-backed group’s stronghold. Fu'ad Shukr Rewards for JusticeWhatever the fate of Shukr, Wednesday’s strike is the most serious Israeli escalation since confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel began on October 8. The developments have raised the specter of an all-out war between Lebanon and Israel that could extend beyond the borders of both countries. Nasrallah has repeatedly threatened to hit Tel Aviv in response to any Israeli strike on Beirut, a move that would thrust the two countries, and the region, into uncharted waters. How long this highly calibrated tit-for-tat can go on for before the region spirals into an unprecedented war is anyone’s guess.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Hezbollah’s, Fu’ad Shukr, Mustafa Badreddine, General Hassan Nasrallah, Fu'ad, Shukr, Israel, Majdal Shams, Nasrallah, CNN’s Ben Wedeman, Abdullah Bou Habib, ” Organizations: CNN, group’s, Tel, Popular, Units, Lebanon’s Locations: Beirut, Iran, Syria, Majdal, Golan, Lebanon, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Yemen, Iraq, Tehran

☆ Trump meeting with Netanyahu for first time since departing White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Alayna Treene | Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, the first such meeting between the two men since Trump left the White House more than three years ago. Trump, who often claims he was the most pro-Israel president in modern history, once touted his close, personal relationship with Netanyahu. Netanyahu called Trump the greatest friend Israel has ever had and heralded him for “unequivocally” standing by Israel during Trump’s tenure as commander in chief. In posting that engagement with Abbas, Trump was trying to “strike a balance” going into the meeting, Bahbah said, adding that he hopes Trump will come out of the Netanyahu meeting calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. “At the table, the most important question is asking the prime minister what he needs to win.

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☆ Middle East Crisis Israeli Forces Retrieve Bodies of 5 Hostages From Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | Lauren Leatherby | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Israeli military said that the bodies were found in the Khan Younis area on Wednesday. Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of five Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Thursday, amid growing international pressure for a cease-fire deal that would involve the release of the remaining captives. The Israeli leader has been facing increasing anger from Israelis over the fate of the hostages in Gaza. The Israeli military said that the bodies were found in the Khan Younis area on Wednesday and that intelligence — including information from detained Palestinian militants — had guided forces to their location. “The war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders, disarms and returns all the hostages,” Mr. Netanyahu said during his address to Congress on Wednesday.

Persons: Khan Younis, Younis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Kamala Harris, — Maya Goren, Tomer Ahimas, Kiril Brodski, Oren Goldin, Ravid Katz, Brodski, Ahimas, —, Goren, Nir Oz, Katz, . Goldin, Tal Haimi, Netanyahu’s, ” Mr, Netanyahu, Nissim Kalderon, Ofer, Mr, hesitating, “, ‘, you’re, Kalderon, “ Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Gil Dickmann, Carmel Gat, ” Rawan Sheikh Ahmad Organizations: White, United Nations Security, Capitol Police Locations: Gaza, Israel, Washington, Tel Aviv, Be’eri

☆ Benjamin Netanyahu Congress: Families of hostages held in Gaza slam Israeli PM for leaving ceasefire deal out of speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress, as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release. Rather than mentioning a deal, a bellicose Netanyahu told Congress: “The war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders, disarms and returns all the hostages. Families of Israeli hostages demonstrate ahead of Netanyahu's address to Congress, at the National Mall in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024. An hour of talking without saying the one sentence: ‘There will be a kidnapping deal.’”But Netanyahu’s speech was lauded by members of his government. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesDemocratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the lone Palestinian-American congresswoman, held up a black-and-white sign during Netanyahu’s speech.

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☆ Oil prices drop to lowest levels in more than a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Crude oil futures on Tuesday dropped to the lowest level in more than a month, as the market has largely ignored recent tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen. Israel responded with airstrikes against Houthi targets near the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen over the weekend, hitting oil facilities. "Oil is starting to feel as if it is heading for the doldrums," John Evans, analyst at oil broker PVM, told clients in a note. Wildfires in Alberta, however, poses a potential risk to crude supplies in Canada though production has remained solid so far, according to Goldman. The worst of the wildfire season likely lies ahead, with a third of the wildfires in Alberta burning out of control, threatening 400,000 barrels per day in production, according to the investment bank.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, John Evans, Goldman Organizations: UBS Locations: Stanton , Texas, Israel, Yemen, Tel Aviv, Al Hudaydah Port, Alberta, Canada

☆ Netanyahu’s long history of confounding US presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Netanyahu has known President Joe Biden for decades, but Biden doubts Netanyahu’s sincerity. Netanyahu earned the undying enmity of former President Barack Obama for trying to tank the Iran nuclear deal. Trump turned opposition to the Iran nuclear deal into a major campaign issue in 2016. Despite his long relationship with Netanyahu, Biden has criticized the Israeli leader’s government for being too right-wing. But for all his criticism of Netanyahu, Biden has continued to provide Israel with weapons and aid, and the two men will meet at the White House.

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☆ Netanyahu’s visit to the US could be crucial to a ceasefire deal. But does he want one?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But as detailed ceasefire negotiations aimed at turning a framework agreement into a final deal stretch into their third week, Netanyahu’s visit will still be critical to the prospects of a ceasefire in Gaza. Senior US officials say a deal is within reach, but the prospects of a deal may hinge on the answer to one key question: Does Netanyahu actually want a deal? And the right-wing coalition partners keeping him in power have threatened to bolt if Netanyahu cuts a deal that ends the war. And publicly, his rhetoric has undermined confidence in Israel’s commitment to reaching a deal that could end the war. And Netanyahu’s allies insist he is earnest in his desire to strike a hostage release deal – just the right deal, one that could allow Israel to resume fighting in Gaza.

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☆ US Navy aviator scores first air-to-air victory by American female fighter pilot
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A US Navy fighter pilot has become the first American woman to score a victory in air-to-air combat, the service has revealed. The first air-to-air victory by a female pilot comes 30 years after Lt. Kara Hultgreen became the first carrier-based female fighter pilot in the Navy, flying the F-14 Tomcat off the USS Abraham Lincoln that year. US Navy fighter pilot Kara Hultgreen poses with a Grumman F-14 Tomcat, in an undated photo. AP/FileThe Eisenhower-led carrier strike group returned to US bases on July 14 after a nine-month deployment, an exceptionally lengthy deployment for a carrier. “We proved over and over again that the flexibility a carrier strike group brings to the fight is unmatched,” Hoch said.

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☆ Israeli Strike on Yemeni Port Will Harm Civilians, Not Houthis, Experts Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Vivian Nereim | Shuaib Almosawa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Israeli bombing of a vital Yemeni port controlled by the Houthi militia is not expected to deter the group from further attacks but is likely to deepen human suffering in Yemen, regional experts said. Israeli officials said the barrage of airstrikes that hit the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah on Saturday was a counterattack after the Houthis launched a drone that struck Tel Aviv on Friday, killing one Israeli and wounding several others. Photos and videos from Hudaydah showed an enormous fire at the city’s port that sent black smoke billowing into the sky. The port is the main conduit by which food imports, fuel and aid enter the impoverished northern Yemen. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Israel’s military spokesman, said that Israel carried out the bombardment “in order to stop the Houthi’s terror attacks” and that it had hit “dual-use" targets including energy infrastructure.

Persons: Hudaydah, Daniel Hagari, Israel Locations: Yemen, Hudaydah, Tel Aviv, Sana

☆ Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. Israeli warplanes struck the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida on July 20, a day after a drone attack by the Houthi rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, both sides said. Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Houthis "will not hesitate to strike vital targets of the Israeli enemy." On Friday, a long-range Iranian-made drone launched from Yemen hit the center of Tel Aviv in an attack claimed by the Houthis, killing one man and wounding four others.

Persons: Yemen's, Israel, Yahya Saree, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Reuters, Political, Hamas, Israeli Locations: Yemen's, Hodeida, Tel Aviv, Israeli, Iranian, Iran, Israel, Yemen, Gaza, Hodeidah

☆ Israel strikes Yemen for the first time following deadly Houthi drone attack. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —For the first time, Israel has struck inside Yemen, following a deadly drone attack launched by Houthi rebels on Tel Aviv. Soon after the Israeli attack, the Houthis said they launched a fresh barrage of missiles towards Israel, promising a response that will be “huge and great.”Here’s what we know. The US and UK have responded to those attacks by carrying out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. A tipping point for Israel appears to have come on Friday, when a drone attack was launched on Tel Aviv, killing one Israeli citizen and injuring several others. Oded Balilty/APThe attack marked the first time Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial center, has been struck by a drone in an attack claimed by the Houthis.

Persons: ”, Allah, Hussein, Mohammed Hamoud, Israel, Yahya Sare’e, ” Sare’e, Houthi, Oded, Daniel Hagari, Samad, Masirah, Mohammed Abdulsalam, Yehya Saree, Osamah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, “ It’s, ” Charles Lister, Yoav Gallant, Yoel Organizations: CNN, Houthi, Red, US, US Central Command, Tel, Israel Defense Forces, Israel, Israel’s, Middle East Institute, Israel’s Defense, Hezbollah, AP, for National Security Studies, National Security Council Locations: Israel, Yemen, Tel Aviv, Red, Gaza, Iranian, Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Sana'a, Israel’s, Hodeidah, Yemen’s, Lebanon, Lebanese

☆ Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Houthis day after deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Thom Poole | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israeli airstrikes targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen a day after the Iran-backed group claimed a deadly attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The statement came soon after the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported airstrikes targeting oil facilities in the western port of Hodeidah, adding that there had been deaths and injuries. According to Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Israeli strikes hit oil tanks and a power station. The strikes on Hodeidah came a day after drone attack in Tel Aviv killed one man and injured at least 10 others. In May, at least 16 people were killed and a further 35 wounded by US-UK airstrikes in Hodeidah targeting Houthi rebels.

Persons: Al Hudaydah, Masirah, Mohammed Abdulsalam, Abdulsalam, Hodeidah Organizations: CNN, Israel Defence Forces, ”, US, Houthi Locations: Yemen, Iran, Tel Aviv, Port, Israel, Hodeidah, Gaza

☆ Houthi Drone Strike Highlights Dilemmas for Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Patrick Kingsley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel faces a strategic dilemma over how best to retaliate for the drone attack on Tel Aviv claimed by Yemen’s Houthi militia, which is based thousands of miles from Israel’s southern borders. The attack, which struck an apartment building early on Friday near the United States diplomatic compound, killing one person and wounded several others, has heightened concerns in Israel about the threat of Iran. Tehran funds and encourages militias opposed to Israel throughout the region, including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in addition to the Houthis in Yemen. According to military experts, those factors make it harder for drones to be tracked by radar and intercepted by surface-to-air missiles. Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, has vowed revenge for the attack, but analysts said this weekend that Israel had few obvious options against a militia that shares no common border with Israel and has appeared undeterred by earlier displays of force by Western powers.

Persons: Yemen’s, Yoav Gallant Organizations: United Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, United States, Iran, Tehran, Gaza, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Yemen

Israeli fighter jets bombed sites in Yemen affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi militia on Saturday in retaliation for a deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv a day earlier, the Israeli military said. The Israeli airstrikes targeted gas and oil depots and a power station in the area of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two regional officials said. The port is controlled by the Houthis and contains oil export facilities, but also serves as a vital conduit for civilian goods and humanitarian aid to impoverished Yemen. An Israeli military statement said that fighter jets struck targets near the port “in response to the hundreds of attacks” by the Houthis in recent months. The military said it was not tightening its emergency civil defense regulations after the attack, indicating Israeli officials might not expect a more serious escalation.

Persons: Israel, Nasruddin Amer, ”, “ Locations: Yemen, Iran, Tel Aviv, Hodeidah, Israeli, Gaza

The Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a drone attack in central Tel Aviv that crashed into a building near the U.S. consulate early Friday, killing at least one person. No alarms were activated in the attack, the Israeli military said earlier in a statement. The Israeli military official said it was possible that the country’s defense systems had registered the drone but misidentified it. Ron Huldai, the mayor of Tel Aviv, said the city was on heightened alert. The man was found in his apartment and had shrapnel injuries, the Tel Aviv police said in a statement.

Persons: Yahya Sarea, Ron Huldai, ”, Zaki Heller, Roee Klein, Witnesses, Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman Organizations: Tel, Hamas, Tel Aviv police Locations: Iran, Tel Aviv, U.S, Yemen, Israel, Red, Lebanon, Gaza

The Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a rare drone attack in central Tel Aviv that crashed into a building near the United States Embassy branch office early Friday, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman, told reporters that Israel’s defense systems had apparently picked up the drone but failed to register it as a threat. The Israeli military said the drone had likely flown from Yemen, where the Houthis are based, before approaching Tel Aviv from the coast. Video posted on X and verified by The New York Times shows what appears to be a unmanned aerial vehicle approaching west of Tel Aviv, followed by a blast at the location of the strike. The two sides offered differing accounts of the type of drone used in the attack.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Admiral Hagari, Nasruddin Amer Organizations: United States Embassy, The New York Times Locations: Iran, Tel Aviv, Yemen

☆ Top UN court says Israeli occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Mitchell Mccluskey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The United Nations’ top court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, in an unprecedented opinion that called on Israel to end its decades-long occupation of territories claimed by Palestinians for a future state. The Palestinians want the West Bank and Gaza for a future state, with East Jerusalem at its capital. ‘False decision’Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other politicians rejected the ICJ opinion. “The answer to The Hague – sovereignty now,” Smotrich said on X, a call for Israel to annex the West Bank. The ICJ in 2004 delivered an advisory opinion on the Israeli separation barrier around the majority of the West Bank, urging Israel to remove it from occupied land.

Persons: Judge Nawaf Salam, ”, “, Israel, –, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, Israel Katz, Bezalel Smotrich, ” Smotrich, Eliav, ” Lieblich Organizations: CNN, United Nations ’, West Bank, Court of Justice, East Jerusalem, United Nations, UN, Assembly, Hamas, ”, Palestinian Authority, Tel Aviv University Locations: East Jerusalem, Israel, Palestinian Territory, Palestinian, The Hague, Netherlands, Jerusalem, Gaza, East, ”, United, of Israel, South Africa, Hague, Palestine

☆ The Houthis struck deep into Israel with an Iranian-made attack drone likely upgraded for longer-range strikes, IDF says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Houthis claimed responsibility for the rare attack on Tel Aviv early Friday morning local time, which marked their first lethal attack in Israel. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesperson, said an initial assessment suggests the system used in the attack was an Iranian-made Samad-3 one-way attack drone with an extended range. AdvertisementVery clear footage of a kamikaze UAV fired by Yemen’s Houthis targeting Tel Aviv overnight, near the United States Embassy Office. He added that the IDF is investigating this latest incident to determine why the Samad-3 was not identified as a threat and shot down before it reached Tel Aviv. Investigators examine what, according to a police spokesperson, seems to be part of an aerial device, at the site of an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19, 2024.

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