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Sunday, July 14, 2024
Houthis claim – without evidence – to attack ‘military targets’ in Eilat
Yemenis brandishing rifles rally in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa, in solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza on July 12, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
Yemen’s Houthis claim to have conducted two military operations, one in the Gulf of Aden and one in Eilat, at the southern tip of Israel.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree says the group targeted the Israeli ship MSC UNIFIC in the Gulf of Aden with a number of ballistic missiles and drones, in addition to attacking military targets in Eilat with drones.
The rebel group regularly makes unsubstantiated claims about its activity, and also describes ships as being Israeli when they are not. According to tracking sites, the MSC UNIFIC is sailing under the flag of Liberia. Its ownership is not immediately clear.
Sirens last sounded in Eilat early Saturday morning, which the IDF says was due to the launch of two drones from Syria.
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