Tel Aviv, Israel – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, where police said one person was found dead.
A statement from the rebels, who have carried out dozens of attacks against Red Sea shipping in what they say is an act of solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war, said their “UAV force” attacked “one of the important targets in the occupied Jaffa region, what is now called Israeli Tel Aviv.”
Israeli emergency services say the explosion left one person dead and up to 10 lightly injured.
Yemen’s Houthi militants, which are backed by Iran, announced on social media that they would reveal details about a military operation that had targeted Tel Aviv, The BBC reported.
According to the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya/al-Hadath channel, the United States intercepted a ballistic missile and three drones launched by the Houthis at Israel on Friday night, but the fourth managed to hit Tel Aviv.
The incident also came after the Israeli military confirmed it had killed a senior commander of the Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah and Israel have traded fire acros the border since Israel invaded the Gaza Strip after the attack by Hamas last October.
