Yemen’s Houthi Militia Claims Attack on Israel

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Published: November 1,2023 05:23 PM
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Israel said its own fighter jets and Arrow missile defence system shot down two salvos of incoming fire

November 1, 2023: Yemen’s Houthi Militia on October 31st claimed that they have launched an attack on Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea.



According to some reports, Israel said its own fighter jets and Arrow missile defence system shot down two salvos of incoming fire hours apart as it approached the country’s key Red Sea shipping port of Eilat.



Though the Israeli military did not say who was behind the attacks, but a senior official in the U.S. Department of Defence informed that they had intercepted missiles launched from Yemen that had a range of around 1,200 miles.