Drone Strike Injures At Least 20 in Eilat, Israel
Eilat, Israel – At least 20 people were reported injured Wednesday following a drone strike in the Israeli resort city of eilat, authorities said. The attack,claimed by the Houthi movement,marks a significant escalation in their campaign targeting Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
The Houthis, who control much of Yemen, have launched numerous drone and missile attacks against Israel as the start of the war in October 2023, disrupting shipping in the Red Sea and raising regional tensions. While many attacks have been intercepted, this is the first to cause casualties within Israel itself, and temporarily shut down Israel’s main international airport earlier this year.Israel has responded by bombing Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,including the vital Hodeidah port.
The conflict was triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, in which militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostage. The ensuing Israeli military campaign has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and injured over 160,000, and has spread famine, reduced swathes of the territory to ruins and displaced most of the population.
On Wednesday, the Israeli military continued its assault on Gaza city, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee. Simultaneously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the family of Alon Ohel, a hostage still held in Gaza, that a combined military and diplomatic effort is underway to defeat Hamas and secure the release of all hostages.
