"At least 20 people were injured on Wednesday after a drone launched from Yemen hit Israel's Red Sea resort city of Eilat on the border with Jordan and Egypt, the Israeli national ambulance service Magen David Adom said. It said two people were seriously injured while others sustained medium to light injuries. The Israeli military said a drone launched from Yemen had fallen in Eilat, adding only that interception attempts were made."
"The newspaper Israel Hayom, citing an initial investigation, said that air defence systems had failed to intercept the drone. The drone attack on Wednesday comes days after Iran-backed Houthis fired a drone that crashed in Eilat's hotel zone, resulting in material damage but no casualties. The Houthis have been launching missiles and drones thousands of kilometres north towards Israel, in what the group says are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians."
At least 20 people were injured when a drone launched from Yemen hit the Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat, with two people seriously injured and others sustaining medium to light injuries, Magen David Adom reported. The Israeli military said the drone had fallen in Eilat and that interception attempts were made, while Israel Hayom cited an initial investigation saying air defence systems failed to intercept it. The attack followed another Houthi-launched drone that crashed in Eilat's hotel zone causing material damage but no casualties. Iran-backed Houthis have been launching missiles and drones toward Israel, prompting Israeli strikes on Houthi-controlled areas including Hodeidah port, and attacking vessels in the Red Sea since October 2023.
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