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Houthis launch large number of drones at targets in Israel

Yemen’s Houthi armed group announced on 1 November 2023 that it had launched a ‘large number’ of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel, adding that they had hit their targets. The move comes in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine and in response to the ‘Israeli aggression against our brothers in Gaza’, it explained.

November 2, 2023 at 9:20 am

The military spokesperson for the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, yesterday announced that it had launched a “large number” of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel, adding that they had hit their targets.

The statement, published by Saree said: “The armed forces continue to carry out our military operations, in solidarity with the oppression of the Palestinian people, and in response to the call and demands of the Yemeni people, and the peoples of the entire nation, until the Israeli aggression against our brothers in steadfast Gaza stops.”

Earlier today, the Houthis published scenes and pictures of joint operations by the missile force and the air force on targets deep in Israel.

The scenes showed the launching of a large number of ballistic and winged missiles, and a large number of drones, at various targets in Israel.

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