by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – Amid fighting a war against Hamas in Gaza and staving off Hezbollah in the north, the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday night confirmed that a missile fired by the Houthi jihadist group in Yemen had bypassed Israeli air defenses and had landed north of Eilat, an Israeli tourist city which borders the Red Sea, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Backed by Iran, the Houthis began trying to strike Israel soon after after Hamas launched its genocidal attack on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 last year. The Houthis declared they were joining Hamas’ war efforts.
All Houthi missiles directed at Israel have previously been shot down, usually by the Arrow 1 or 3 missile defense systems, JPost reports. One small drone fired from Syria has managed to reach Eilat before now, but it did not cause any damage and had little capacity to do so in any event.
In its statement Tuesday, the IDF said a cruise missile coming from the direction of the Red Sea had landed north of Eilat in an open area, JPost said. No damage was caused, but the missile was such that it could have caused harm had it landed on any structures.
Israel’s David’s Sling military defense system has been activated to shoot down cruise missiles in the past, but has not been used in Eilat so far, JPost said. David’s Sling is designed to intercept enemy planes, drones, tactical ballistic missiles, medium- to long-range rockets and cruise missiles.
The IDF has launched an investigation into why the cruise missile launched on Sunday was not shot down.
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