Israeli City of Tel Aviv Suffers Deadly Drone Strike Claimed by Yemen’s Houthis

Israel’s military says the drone probably came from Yemen
If confirmed, it’d mark first deadly Houthi attack on Israel

Israeli police search the scene following an explosion in Tel Aviv on July 19.Photographer: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty Images

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By Galit Altstein, Mohammed Hatem, and Marissa Newman

July 19, 2024 at 4:54 AM UTC

Updated on

July 19, 2024 at 1:37 PM UTC

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A drone strike killed a man in the heart of Tel Aviv on Friday morning, in an attack claimed by the Yemen-based Houthi militants.

The Iran-backed group said it targeted Israel’s commercial capital with a new type of drone difficult for radar to detect and vowed to target the city and other parts of the country again.