Yemen declares Tel Aviv ‘unsafe zone’ after successful drone attack

The Yemeni Armed Forces has claimed responsibility for a deadly drone attack that hit the Israeli city of Tel Aviv during the early hours of 19 July, killing at least one and injuring several others.

“The operation was carried out with a new drone named ‘Yafa,’ which can bypass the enemy’s interception systems and cannot be detected by radar. The operation successfully achieved its objectives,” Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced.

He also declared Tel Aviv an “unsafe zone and a primary target within our weapon range.” He revealed that Sanaa holds “a bank of targets in occupied Palestine, including sensitive military and security targets, and will, with Allah’s help, continue to strike these targets in response to the enemy’s massacres and daily crimes against our brothers in Gaza.”

The Yafa drone did not set off any alarms as it entered Israeli airspace from the south before hitting a building near the US consulate in the Israeli capital – as considered by an overwhelming majority of nations in the world.

According to Israeli media, the army has blamed its failure in intercepting the drone on a “human error.” The air force is also examining why the drone did not trigger air raid sirens after entering Israeli air space from the south, according to the report