Following a deadly drone attack by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group, against Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, after meeting with senior military officials including Herzi Halevi, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, said that the Israeli army is immediately strengthening all its defense systems and will take revenge on anyone seeking to harm Israel or carry out terrorist operations against it.
In this regard, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, held a meeting on Friday to assess the security situation.
However, Israeli officials have stated that the Houthis’ attack using an Iranian drone will be responded to. According to them, the option of a direct Israeli attack on Yemen is on the table.
According to these officials, the target of the Houthi drone attack was the US Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Jacob Lew, the US Ambassador to Israel, expressed his shock at the brazen drone attack by the Houthis in a post on the social media platform X.
Expressing sympathy for the family of the Israeli citizen killed in the attack, he added that all the staff of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv are safe and sound.
Shocked by the brazen Houthi drone attack in Tel Aviv this morning. We offer our condolences to the family members of the individual who passed away. We are thankful our U.S. Embassy Branch Office personnel are all safe.
— Ambassador Jack Lew (@USAmbIsrael) July 19, 2024
Meanwhile, Daniel Hagari, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, announced that one Israeli civilian was killed, and eight others were injured as a result of the suicide drone attack on Tel Aviv early Friday morning.
According to the Israeli army’s assessment, the suicide drone used by the Houthis in the deadly attack on Tel Aviv was a “Samad-3” model made by the Iranian regime, modified for greater range and launched from Yemen.
In recent months, the Houthis have carried out numerous drone and missile attacks against commercial ships in the region’s waters, and in response, the US and its allies have formed an international coalition to target the positions of this group supported by the Iranian government.
