🇾🇪 BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces claims the unprecendented drone strike on Tel Aviv near US embassy office, which resulted in one death – using new drone called ‘Yafa’ that bypasses Israeli systems – and declares the city unsafe from this moment on. pic.twitter.com/SQzKed0C61
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) July 19, 2024
Checked the footage, and that is indeed the US embassy in Tel Aviv.
That drone flew around 2000km from Yemen, past all Israeli defences, the Royal Navy, US Navy, and more.
The humiliation.
This is a new era. And the image of Israeli or Western military superiority is gone. pic.twitter.com/gIduh7qZkN
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) July 19, 2024
Holy shit, they killed someone in Tel Aviv.
I’m not gonna say I support it.
Not gonna say I don’t support it.
But this is quite an achievement.
An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday, killing one person and wounding at least 10.
The hit in Israel’s biggest city was startling, because the drone appeared to have crossed much of the country through the multilayered air defences that have intercepted almost all Houthi drones and rockets since the Gaza war began.
The Israeli military said it was investigating what went wrong. Its chief spokesperson, R Adm Daniel Hagari, said the drone was detected by air defences, but an “error” occurred and “there was no interception”.
“We are investigating the entire chain,” he said. Another military official told the Associated Press news agency that “human error” was to blame.
The military said air patrols had been increased to protect Israeli airspace but it had not ordered new civil defence measures.
The defence minister, Yoav Gallant, vowed to “settle the score”, Israeli army radio reported. His remarks followed a meeting with top military and intelligence officials to assess the strike.
The military identified the drone as an Iranian Samad-3, upgraded to travel long distances, and said it was believed to have come from Yemen.
The Houthis claimed responsibility, saying their “UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] force” attacked “one of the important targets in the occupied Jaffa region, what is now called Israeli Tel Aviv”.
You’ll remember my original thing was that American “boots” would be “on the ground” most likely in Yemen before Iran.
This is probably all going to happen exactly as I said it was all going to happen.
This is a big deal. Killing people inside of Israel. From Yemen.
Israel can’t retaliate, so my thinking is they will downplay it.
They’re waiting for Caesar Trump to assume his throne before they really heat things up.
(Though they will probably invade Lebanon before that.)
The Incredible Journey of the “Yafa” Drone to Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/JGhOuXru3U
— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) July 19, 2024