Taba and Nuweiba drone attacks
Part of the Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
LocationTaba and Nuweiba, Egypt
Date27 October 2023
TargetMost likely Israel
Attack type
Airstrike
WeaponsDrones
DeathsNone
Injured6
PerpetratorHouthi rebels

On 19 and 27 October 2023, the Houthis carried out attacks which were aimed at Israel.

Background

After the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Iran-backed militant groups across the Middle East, including the Houthis in Yemen, expressed support for the Palestinians and threatened to attack Israel. In Sana'a, Yemen, controlled by the Houthis, demonstrators waved Palestinian and Yemeni flags. The Houthi movement's slogan is "God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse of the Jews; victory to Islam." Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned the United States against intervening, threatening retaliation with drones and missiles.[1]

Attacks

On 19 October 2023, the U.S. Navy warship USS Carney shot down three land-attack cruise missiles and several drones heading toward Israel launched by the Houthis in Yemen. The shootdown represented the first actions by the U.S. military to defend Israel since the outbreak of the war.[1] It was later reported that the ship shot down a total of four cruise missiles and 15 drones.[2]

On 27 October 2023, two drones were fired in a northerly direction from the southern Red Sea. According to IDF officials, their target was Israel, but they did not cross the border from Egypt. Of the two drones, one fell short and hit a building adjacent to a hospital in Taba, Egypt, injuring six; the other was shot down with the debris near an electricity plant in a desert area close to the town of Nuweiba, Egypt.[3][4][5] A Houthi official later made a single word post on Twitter after the drone crashed in Taba, mentioning the nearby Israeli town of "Eilat".[6]

Response

In a speech at a manufacturing exposition following the incident, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged all parties in the 2023 Israel–Hamas War to respect Egypt's sovereignty, and emphasized that the Egyptian Army was able to protect the country in case of any more attacks.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Copp, Tara (19 October 2023). "US military shoots down missiles and drones as it faces growing threats in volatile Middle East". Associated Press. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Liebermann, Oren (20 October 2023). "Incident involving US warship intercepting missiles near Yemen lasted 9 hours". CNN. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed; Williams, Dan (27 October 2023). "Drone blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to Houthi". Reuters. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns near Israel border, six injured". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Fabian, Emanuel. "Missile that hit Egypt likely came from Yemen, IDF indicates; 2nd Sinai impact reported". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Yemen's Houthi rebels appear to threaten Israel: 'Eilat'". The Times of Israel. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Moloney, Charlie; Fulton, Adam (28 October 2023). "Israel-Hamas war live: Israel says 150 'underground targets' hit in Gaza during heaviest bombing of the war so far". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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