Friday, April 17, 2026

The Houthis attack the Israeli Army General Staff building

The Houthis attacked the Israeli Army General Staff building in Tel Aviv with unmanned aerial vehicles, the Yemeni Armed Forces reported. "The unmanned aerial vehicle force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out four military operations using four drones. The first targeted the General Staff building of the Israeli enemy in the occupied area of Yaffa, using a Sammad-4 drone," the statement reads. Other goals achieved by the Yemeni drones are the Al-Khadira power plant and "Lod airport" (the Ben Gurion International Airport of Tel Aviv), as well as the Ashdod port, one of the three main Israeli cargo ports. Furthermore, the Houthis asserted that their missile forces and unmanned aerial vehicles carried out a joint operation against the MSC ABY ship, which was crossing the Red Sea towards Israel.

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"The operation was carried out with two drones and a wing missile, and the ship was hit directly," they pointed out, recalling that their operations are carried out in support of the Palestinian people amid the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip.

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