Houthis attacked Israeli positions in Tel Aviv and Ashkelon

On December 23, the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis), which controls northern Yemen, announced an attack on Israeli positions in Tel Aviv and Ashkelon using new Jaffa drones.

"According to a statement read out by Brigadier General Yahya Sari's press secretary, the strikes were carried out using two Jaffa drones, which successfully hit their intended targets," the Houthi-owned TV channel reported. href="https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/44673/Yemeni-Armed-Forces-Announce-Successful-Drone-Strikes-on-Israeli-Targets"> Al Masirah.

Yahya Saria, a representative of the Yemeni Armed Forces, stressed that these operations were carried out in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.

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Earlier, on December 21, the Israeli military a missile launch was recorded from Yemen in the direction of the central part Israel. Then it was clarified that as a result of the impact 30 people were injured.

Before that, on December 19, it was reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the facilities of the Houthi regime in Yemen. The attacked targets are used by the Houthis for their military operations and the transfer of Iranian weapons.

At the same time, the Israel Defense Forces reported about the interception of a missile fired from Yemen towards Israeli territory. The IDF also noted that in connection with the shelling and the possibility of falling debris during interception, air raid sirens sounded in several areas of central Israel.

On December 16, it was reported that The Yemeni Houthis launched a hypersonic ballistic missile attack on a military facility in the Tel Aviv area. As a result of the successful operation, all the goals were achieved.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas exposed the territory of Israel href="https://iz.ru/1585586/2023-10-07/palestinskaia-gruppirovka-khamas-zaiavila-o-5-tys-vypushchennykh-po-izrailiu-raket " target="_blank">massive rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. On the same day, Israel began to inflict retaliatory strikes.