Yemenis during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians and in condemnation of the Israeli entity and the US in Sanaa on August 8, 2025. Photo: AFP.
By Rasheed Al-Haddad – Aug 13, 2025
Yemeni Armed Forces announced late yesterday that they had targeted four Israeli sites in occupied Haifa, Umm al-Rashrash (the Israeli settlement of Eilat), al-Naqab desert, and Beer al-Sabe (the Israeli settlement of Beersheba), using six drones.
This came after Israeli media acknowledged Israel had come under a Yemeni attack in recent hours- the second such operation in just a few days. Channel 15 reported a series of explosions over Eilat, attributing them to Israeli army’s fighter jets intercepting incoming Yemeni drones.
Military sources in Sanaa told Al-Akhbar that the Israeli entity does not admit to the true number of attacks, noting that Yemeni forces typically use three to five drones in each operation. Observers say the Eilat strike may reflect a broader military pattern Sanaa has been adopting for some time, aimed at striking multiple occupied cities simultaneously.
On Sunday night, the Yemeni forces announced a large-scale drone attack targeting Ben Gurion Airport, as well as Asqalan and Beer al-Sabe, as part of the ongoing air and naval blockade Yemen imposes on Israeli airports and ports, a continuation of earlier operations that have disrupted the entity’s air transport sector.
In this context, the Israeli daily TheMarker revealed that 64 international airlines have refused to resume flights to Tel Aviv because of the Yemeni blockade. The paper’s monthly report noted that Israeli air traffic has “witnessed a sharp decline,” with the number of airlines operating in Israel dropping to just 36, compared to more than 100 before the war.
Ben Gurion Airport has lost roughly a third of its passenger traffic, with several routes disappearing entirely from its schedules. US airlines, for instance, have yet to announce any date for resuming flights, while Air Canada has postponed its return until October 9.
The paper warned that if the blockade persists, Israel could face deepening international isolation, at a time when Yemeni forces show no sign of slowing their escalating operations in support of the Palestinians.
