Tel Aviv met by floor from Yemen, report Israeli authorities
Tel Aviv met by floor from Yemen, report Israeli authorities
In an unusual episode, Tel Aviv was hit in the night from Friday to Saturday by a bullet fired from Yemen, as Israeli authorities said. It is a rare incident in which a interception over the city was unsuccessful.
Details of the incident
The floor landed in the southern Jaffa district of Tel Aviv, the Israeli military reported. Only shortly after Siren was heard in Central Rala, the attempts to ward off the rocket attack from Yemen failed. A crashed floor was identified in the affected area. According to the ambulance service, David Adom (MDA) suffered at least 14 people minor injuries.
The meaning of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, the second largest city of Israel, is the commercial and diplomatic center of the country. Direct hits through bullets in this coastal city are extremely rare due to the extensive air defense system.
previous attacks and interceptors
On Thursday, the Israeli military informed that a bullet fired from Yemen was successfully intercepted, but the explosion of rubble caused considerable damage to a school near Tel Aviv. In November, rubble of a intercepted HISBOLLAH rocket attack met a building in the city.
Houthi rebel group and their actions
In July, the Houthi rebel group supported in Iran took over responsibility for a fatal drone attack on Tel Aviv-the first such attack on the city by this group. These repeated attacks illustrate the ongoing tensions in the region and the security challenges that Israel faces.
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