2024 Houthi drone attack on Israel

2024 Tel Aviv drone attack
Part of the Red Sea crisis and the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
TypeDrone attack
Location
Tel Aviv, Israel
TargetApartment building in Tel Aviv
Date19 July 2024
Executed by Houthi movement
Casualties1 killed, 10 injured[1]

Yemeni Houthi militants performed a drone attack on Israel on 19 July 2024, hitting an apartment building near the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel's economic center[2] in Ben Yehuda Street.[3] The drone strike killed one person in his apartment building, and injured 10 others.[1][4] The drone was spotted but not intercepted due to what Israel attributed to human error, with the Houthis asserting that they had developed a drone with the ability to evade the Iron Dome. The air raid siren was also not activated.[5]

The attack is reportedly the first successful one by the Houthis to hit its target, with previous attempts being intercepted by either Israeli defenses or Western allies located in the region.[2] Israeli military responded one day after by striking the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.[6]

  1. ^ a b Sobelman, Gabby; Boxerman, Aaron; Bergman, Ronen; Jakes, Lara; Mendell, Erin (2024-07-19). "Houthis Launch Deadly Drone Strike on Tel Aviv, Evading Israel's Defenses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Blast near US consulate rocks Tel Aviv". Mehr News Agency. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ Yosef, Eugenia; Hansler, Jennifer; Kourdi, Eyad; Magramo, Kathleen (19 July 2024). "Israel investigates security failures around deadly Tel Aviv drone strike". CNN. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ Speakman Cordall, Simon; Salhani, Justin. "Houthi drone strikes Tel Aviv: How significant is the attack?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  6. ^ "The Take: After Israel's strike in Yemen, what's next for the region?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-07-24.