Israel’s Ramon Airport has been struck by a drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Sunday afternoon.
The drone hit the arrivals hall at Ramon Airport near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, injuring several people. “A drone launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen struck the arrivals hall of Ramon International Airport near Eilat, forcing the closure of Israeli airspace and halting all flights in and out of the airport. Military and civil emergency teams confirmed the disruption and said investigations are underway,” Tel Aviv-based ILTV reported on its Telegram channel.
The Houthis fired multiple drones towards Israel. “A short while ago, an additional UAV that was launched from Yemen fell in the Ramon Airport area,” the IDF said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
Earlier, the IDF announced that it had “intercepted three UAVs that made their way from Yemen, adding that “[t]wo aerial vehicles were intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory.”
Israel’s Ynetnews placed the number of people injured in the strike at five:
Two Ramon Airport employees, a man about 63 years old and a woman about 52 years old, were lightly injured from the UAV strike at the airport. In addition, a 28-year-old man, a 24-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man were also lightly injured. Three others were diagnosed as suffering from anxiety. MDA teams evacuated them to Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat.
The airport resumed operations shortly after the strike, Reuters reported:
Israel’s Ramon Airport near the southern city of Eilat resumed operations after being briefly shut on Sunday when a drone launched from Yemen struck the arrivals hall, Israel’s Airports Authority said.Two people were injured by shrapnel, the national ambulance service said.”Following the completion of all safety and security checks, compliance with international civil aviation standards, and receipt of final approval from the Air Force – Ramon Airport has now been reopened for full operations, for both departures and arrivals,” the authority said in a statement.
The Houthis, Iranian proxy Islamic terror group, declared war on Israel in November 2023, a month after Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Besides trying to impose a maritime blockade on Israel in the Red Sea, they have fired hundreds of missiles and drones at the Jewish State.
The IDF responded to Houthi terror with retaliatory strikes, eliminating several key terrorists and regime operatives.
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