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IDF downs drone over Eilat launched by Yemen’s Houthis overnight

2026-06-09

[IsraelTimes] No injuries or damage in attack by Iran-backed rebel group shortly after midnight; incident follows firing of ballistic missiles by Houthis earlier, during escalation with Iran

A drone launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
was intercepted by air defenses over the southernmost city of Eilat early Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Sirens sounded in Eilat during the incident, which took place shortly after midnight.

There were no reports of injuries or damage.

On Monday morning, the Houthis had fired two ballistic missiles at Israel.

The IDF said one was intercepted and the second failed to reach the country.

The Iran-backed rebel group also said on Monday it would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea, after fighting between Jerusalem and Tehran resumed.

The Houthis — whose slogan calls for "death to America, death to Israel," and "a curse on the Jews" — control a large swath of Yemen, but are at war with its internationally recognized government. They first began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in November 2023, a month after the October 7 Hamas
Hamas

..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
-led massacre. Amid ceasefires between Israel and Hamas — between January and March 2025, and since October 2025 — the Houthis largely held their fire.

While Hezbollah in Leb
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....
and Iran-backed groups in Iraq joined the current war with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
early, with rocket and drone fire on Israel and other targets, the Houthis were comparatively quiet until this week, firing on Israel sporadically.

Their recent attacks came after an escalation in the conflict. After a Hezbollah attack on northern Israel drew Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Beirut on Sunday, Iran started directly attacking Israel for the first time in two months, with salvos of ballistic missiles, drawing retaliatory Israeli airstrikes in Iran.

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