IAF responds to Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv

On Thursday evening, Tel Aviv was rocked by an explosion near the U.S. Embassy of an unknown source at the time. 

The reports came in from downtown Tel Aviv and it was reported that it created significant damage on Ben Yehuda Street at Shalom Aleichem. Residents in the area said that objects were shattered in their homes as a result of the blast.

At the time, Israelis claimed there were no reported attacks from the air, but this later proved to be wrong.

The Home Front Command stated that, "[N]o aerial intrusion into the country's central area was detected, and therefore no alarm was triggered - the incident is under investigation."

Initially, it was unknown how many people were injured in the attack, but two were taken to the hospital with shrapnel injuries, and several others were treated for shock, according to reports.

Later it was found that the Houthis, an Iranian-backed terror group, was responsible for the attack. 

On Saturday, the Houthis received a wakeup call from the IDF for its months of attacking commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The IAF fighter jets struck military targets in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen in response to all those months of attacks against the Jewish State. In other words, Israel felt that they had taken enough crap from these terrorists. 

Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen: now renamed as Badabahbadahbing!

Source: @IDF https://t.co/90sSQsqdeO pic.twitter.com/wM7MhmOCdB— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) July 20, 2024

IDF: During the night, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) entered Israel from the direction of the sea from the west, which we estimate was launched from Yemen, and hit a building in central Tel Aviv.

It appears that this is a Simad 3 UAV, which we estimate traveled from Yemen to… pic.twitter.com/6DiRAeSp4t— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) July 19, 2024

BADABAHBADAHBING! 

Israeli fighter jets conducted an air strike in Yemen on Saturday in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv last Thursday, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

Yemen is over 1,000 miles from Israel and this was the first time they directly attacked the Houthis, an Islamic group backed by Iran. The Houthis have harassed and attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea in response to the war started by Hamas, on October 7 when they brutally murdered Israelis in an unprovoked attack.

Saudi television channel al-Hadath reported three people were killed and 15 wounded in the Israeli drone strike. Israel just has had enough and finally went on the offensive. The U.S. knew about the Israeli strikes in advance, and coordinated on them, according to officials, Axios reported.

Yoav Gallant, Israeli Minister of Defense, spoke to U.S. Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin [who President Biden referred to as the "Black" man] on Friday. 

It was a splendid FAFO moment for Israel and hopefully this will give them pause next time they decide to go after the, you know, Jews.

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