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Drone attack on Tel Aviv may indicate Houthis can evade Israeli defences: Monitors

Palestinian fighters conducted at least six indirect fire attacks targeting Israeli forces deployed on the Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City on Friday, while a rocket attack on southern Israel was also carried out from Palestinian territory, war monitors report.

  • US-based think tanks The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) also report that the Houthi drone that detonated in Israel’s Tel Aviv city on Friday morning was reported to have carried about 10kg (22lbs) of explosives.

According to the ISW/CTP joint report, the drone that evaded Israel’s sophisticated air defences appeared to be a modified variant of the Iranian-model Samad-3 drone.

Yemen’s Houthis have conducted extensive reconnaissance and testing of Israeli air defences in recent months, firing missiles and sending drones regularly towards Israel since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7, the ISW/CTP reported.

  • “These attacks could have provided the Houthis with information needed to evade Israeli air defences and strike targets in Tel Aviv,” the monitors said.

Source: Al Jazeera