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Allahuakbar
Member | Fri Jul 19 11:19:47 Long range stealth drones! http://www...s-one-dead-at-least-10-injured Drone attack on Israel’s Tel Aviv leaves one dead, at least 10 injured Israel’s military says it is investigating the attack and why the country’s defences failed to intercept the ‘aerial target’. Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for an apparent drone attack on Tel Aviv, Israel, which killed one person and injured at least 10. A spokesperson for the Houthi armed forces said in a post on social media on Friday that the Iran-aligned group had “targeted ‘Tel Aviv’ in occupied Palestine”. It claimed that it used a new drone “capable of bypassing interceptor systems and being unable to be detected by radars”. The Israeli military said it had opened an investigation into the large explosion near the United States embassy office in the city and would determine why the country’s air defence systems were not activated to intercept the “aerial target”. “We’re talking about a large UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] that can fly large distances,” a military official told a briefing for journalists following the strike. “We’re not ruling out any possibilities right now.” Israel’s air force has increased patrols to “protect the country’s skies”, the military said in a post on social media. Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised retaliation. “We will settle the score with anyone who harms the State of Israel or directs terror against it,” Israeli Army Radio quoted Gallant as saying. Israeli police said the body of a man was found in an apartment close to the explosion and that the circumstances were being investigated. Footage from the site of the blast showed broken glass strewn across pavements as crowds of onlookers gathered near a building bearing blast marks. The site was sealed off by police tape. Reporting from Doha, Qatar, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom said the attack has created a new wave of anxiety in Israel. The Israeli government has banned Al Jazeera from broadcasting from the country. “Where this drone hit is a part of the city that is very close to the US embassy branch office. It’s a very densely populated area, a high-security area,” Jamjoom said. If the drone is confirmed to be Houthi and passed through Israel’s radar systems undetected, “there’s going to be a lot of people in Israel concerned about what this means”, said Jamjoom. “How did this happen at a time when the country is under such high alert?” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said they will continue to assess the drone attack in the coming days to adjust its defences and decide on a suitable “offensive response”. Israeli opposition politician Yair Lapid said the attack was “further proof that this government does not know and cannot give security to the citizens of Israel”. “Those who lose deterrence in the north and south also lose it in the heart of Tel Aviv. There are no policies, no plans, all public relations and discussions about themselves. They [the government] have to go,” the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party wrote on X. The Houthis have repeatedly launched drones and missiles towards Israel and at Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in a show of support for Palestinians amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Until the early morning attack on Friday, all attempts to hit Israel by the Houthis were intercepted by either Israeli defences or Western allies with forces stationed in the region, The Associated Press news agency reported. Hezbollah in southern Lebanon has also stepped up attacks against military targets in northern Israel, saying they are also acting in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed almost 39,000 people. Following the latest drone attack, Hezbollah welcomed the development as “a triumph for the oppression of the Palestinian people and their fighters”. It said the Yemeni fighters were supporting “the heroic” Palestinian fighters in Gaza who in turn are defending “all our people and countries of our Arab and Islamic nations”. The group said the fight will not stop until “the aggression and the siege of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is stopped”. The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement also praised the Houthi rebels for “a new heroic operation” against Israel, adding that Palestinians appreciated the “steadfast” support of Gaza. |
Paramount
Member | Fri Jul 19 13:12:18 The rest of the civilized world should follow the Houthis lead and destroy the barbaric regime in Israel. |
Allahuakbar
Member | Sat Jul 20 12:23:06 WAR CRIME! http://apn...6ff10ee4c3534024833ebbf586fadc SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, and they threatened to open a new front in the region as Israel battles proxies of Iran. A number of “military targets” were hit in the western port city of Hodeidah, a Houthi stronghold, the Israeli army said, adding that its attack was “in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months.” “The Houthis attacked us over 200 times. The first time that they harmed an Israeli citizen, we struck them. And we will do this in any place where it may be required,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement. An Israeli Defense Forces official didn’t say how many sites were targeted, but told journalists that the port is the main entry point for Iranian weapons. The official didn’t say whether other allied forces took part in the operation, and didn’t confirm whether it was Israel’s first attack on Yemen. |
Sam Adams
Member | Sat Jul 20 12:37:07 You can see the fire from space. This is one of the most amazing fires i have seen. Yemen found out. |
jergul
large member | Sat Jul 20 18:24:08 "You can see the fire from space." You can see me light a match from space. |
Rugian
Member | Sat Jul 20 19:23:50 Jergul is clearly butthurt. LMAO! |
murder
Member | Sat Jul 20 21:33:48 Israel is going to fight a half dozen Iranian proxies, but they won't touch Iran. |
jergul
large member | Sun Jul 21 04:29:32 Ruggy You are clearly butthurt. LMAO! Anyway, there are costs. Global shipping rates are up close to 10 fold (40 foot container, spot) since january. |
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