An illustrative image showing the launch of a Houthi Samad/KAS-04 type drone from Yemen.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that the suicide drones which struck Tel Aviv early on July 19 was launched by the Houthis (Ansar Allah) from Yemen.
After reaching Israel from Yemen, the drone made its way to Tel Aviv from the direction of the sea, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said, adding that the drone was an Iranian-made Samad-3, which had been modified to have an extended range.
The spokesman noted that dozens of drones have been launched at Israel from Yemen amid the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, with most of them being shot down by United States forces and Israeli fighter jets.
The IDF will hold assessments on the attack in the coming days to understand what it needs to adjust to better defend and “what the required offensive response will be against those who threaten Israel,” he said.
The Houthis have already claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed an Israeli man in his 50s and left eight others wounded.
The group’s military spokesman Brigade General Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the attack was carried out using a new drone dubbed “Jaffa” which has the ability to evade countermeasures.
Jaffa may be a verison of the Samad-3, which was first used by the Houthis in 2018. The drone is said to be a version of an Iranian type condemned by the U.S. military and intelligence as “KAS-04”.
New footage from the attack on Tel Aviv indicates that the suicide drone is indeed similar in design to the Samad/KAS-04 family of drones. The video, filmed by a beach goer, shows the drone flying at a low altitude into Tel Aviv from the direction of the sea, before impacting an apartment building.
Following an assessment with IDF officials on the drone attack, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel will respond.
“The defense establishment is working to immediately strengthen all defense systems, and will settle the score with anyone who harms the State of Israel or directs terror against it,” he said , in remarks provided by his office.
Gallant met with IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, head of the Operations Directorate Major General Oded Basiuk, head of the Intelligence Directorate Major General Aharon Haliva, the Israeli Air Force’s chief of staff Brigadier General Omer Tischler and the head of the Intelligence Directorate’s research division, Brigadier General Ofir Mizrahi Rosen.
Any Israeli military response against Yemen will likely lead to more escalation by the Houthis, who have been launching strikes against Israel and targeting ships linked to the country and its allies in response to the war on Gaza.
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houthies are the lions of meddle east!
they’re getting more powerful by the day….truly blessed by the divine creator for their righteousness amongst the nations!!! israhell, on the other hand, will piss blood from here on out.!!!
balls of steel. man.
and the jews are the cowards begging and screaming for help by uncle fester – there is no use of the jews and they should realize that their end in palestine is nigh!!!!
die jews, die!
lol
adolf, i thought stalin killed you!
we hack anglo brain but find devoid of morality
os yemenitas não tem medo de nada nem de ninguém. depois de expulsarem o uss einsenwoer do mar vermelho agora bombardeiam tel aviv.
glória a ti yemen
poder e vitória aos houthíes
honra eterna ao exército yemenita
in my tel aviv gay bar many amerikan
very silent on western media about the war in the middle east and ukraine. clear sign that the narrative is being slayed by events.
don’t worry, they’ve probably already got their false flag planned out and ready to execute on a certain day. the people who think there was a miracle from god to save trump will be screaming to murderer more innocent people, because they’re ‘good christians’. you see, murdering, maiming and starving children is actually good!!! see how that works on earth?
pity that trumpo didn’t get his head blown apart like an over ripe melon. then that murdering pos would have known what he inflicted on gen. soleimani. better luck next time.
only some sort of truther would shoot him. most on the democrat side are even more effeminate than the republicans following a guy in eye shadow and makeup and would never even shoot somebody in self defense. maybe vance in his eye shadow was meant to win over the woke crowd or something?
so that drone fly 2 000 km and the yankees, uk and nato in the red sea did not saw it. now that the test was verry good, send hundreds of them every night all over the ocupyd places. start whit dymona, ben gurion, every singel occupied territory. glory to the yemeny people !!!
congratulations to brigade general yahya sarea for the successful strike in tel-aviv. it is time to make a plan for the killing bases of akrotiri and dekelia in cyprus. god be with you.
the nazis in israel may vow response, but the sandal-wearing sandpeople seem to be much better then bibis goons. looks like all the nazis worldwide are beeing hit hard daily by some “untermenschen” as they like to call them. wheter in ukraine, soon eurotardistan, or down there in the shithole naziscesspool called israel.
the plastic dome failed once again mwahahahahah…kepp them coming!
to by šlo!!! takto im treba oplácať bastardom. to majú za útoky na damask!!! konečne aj na nich dopadol hnev boží!!! už dávno to malo byť!!! svetu mier!!!
keep at it houthis and jews will soon be gone from palestine!
she speaks in russian language.
the victim also arrived 2 years ago from belarus, probably to escape the potential nato induced conflict next door in ukraine. how ironic, he would have been safer in belarus
is that wikipedia source? i do not trust them, nor should you in these circumstances.
@icarus yes and same as most of the rulers (of not only todays russia but) of russia since 1917, she is a jew.
just as israel was talking about operations against lebanon, the axis of resistance reminds them of their vulnerability.
this can go on for ever. uncle sugar and his uk poodle can’t do anything to protect shlomo from ansar allah.
just how the isreali apartheid regime is going to make yemen pay for their attacks is anyone’s guess. the saudi admin with all their money couldn’t do the job. i would like to see the isreali apartheid regime try invading yemen. they would be humiliated. it’s only a matter of time before these attacks become more accurate. apparently this drone landed very close to the us embassy.
they don’t even have enough men to invade and occupy people who were kept in poverty and materially lacking in almost every way in gaza. i think some of them are recognizing the taint they are bringing to the god they worship after. starting to remind them of those other two times god sent them packing for being trashy and evil.
from germany to galilee, mankind will be free !!! mankind, resist the jew !!! kill all the jews. deus vult !!!
“israel vows response to houthis’ deadly drone attack” as if they weren’t going to bomb more civilians knowing they aren’t hamas or hezbollah anyway. they already have a very long and bloody track record of that. the rest of the world has a long track record demonstrating they don’t deserve anyone’s help when they give none. this is why 3/4 of people will die.
and imagine a lucky russian lady recorded the drone!
maybe someone can give the brave houthi’s a small nuke to put on a drone.
israel is getting pummeled from all sides.