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Monday, July 8, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis claim joint op with Iraq’s Islamic Resistance targeting Eilat with drones

Yemenis wave Palestinian flags and hold mock rockets during a march in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa in solidarity with the people of Gaza on June 28, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
Yemen’s Houthis says that they carried out a joint military operation with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance targeting Israel’s port city of Eilat, using “a number of drones.”
Early this morning, the IDF said a suspected drone heading toward Israel from the direction of the Red Sea was shot down by a fighter jet.
Residents of the southernmost city of Eilat reported hearing a blast at the time of the incident.