Houthis air propaganda clip showcasing ‘Jaffa’ drone that allegedly hit Tel Aviv

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen release a propaganda video showing what they say is the drone that was launched at Tel Aviv in an attack last week.

The so-called Jaffa drone struck a residential building in the central Israeli city early Friday, killing a man and wounding others.

The video shows a Jaffa drone in an exhibition, and ostensibly the moment the one that struck Tel Aviv was launched.

The IDF identified the drone as a modified Iranian-made Samad-3 drone.

The drone had been adjusted to have a much further range than normal, allowing it to make a trip of some 2,600 kilometers — flying over Africa and Egypt, and then some of the Mediterranean — to reach Israel from the west.

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