Yemen stages drone strike against Eilat in fresh anti-Israeli operation

Yemen’s Armed Forces have staged a drone strike against the city of Eilat in the southernmost tip of the occupied Palestinian territories in their most recent anti-Israeli operation.

The forces’ spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced the development in a video statement on Saturday.

He said the operation struck a “vital target” in Eilat, adding that the squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles, which were flown during the strike, “reached its target.”

According to the spokesman, the operation took place “in support of the oppressed people of Palestine and Lebanon, and in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance.”

The Yemeni forces have been conducting hundreds of strikes against Israeli targets inside the occupied Palestinian territories in retaliation for the regime’s October 2023-present genocidal war and concomitant siege on the Gaza Strip and deadly escalation against Lebanon.

The brutal military onslaught and the escalation have respectively claimed the lives of more than 43,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and upwards of 3,360 Lebanese.

The forces have also been targeting Israeli ships as well as vessels heading towards or away from the occupied territories as a means of piling up economic pressure on the regime.

On Wednesday, the top American official responsible for buying weapons for the country’s military expressed astonishment regarding the firepower that was being deployed by the Yemeni military against the Israeli regime and its allies.

Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s official for Acquisition and Sustainment, said he had been “shocked” by the quality and extent of the Yemeni operations, adding that the Yemeni forces were in possession of increasingly sophisticated weapons, including missiles that "can do things that are just amazing,"

Saree, meanwhile, said the Yemeni military would continue its operations, “which will not cease until the aggression stops, the siege on Gaza is lifted, and the aggression against Lebanon ends.”

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