The IDF stated on Friday morning that the drone that penetrated Israel in the pre-dawn hours, exploding in a Tel Aviv apartment, killing one person and injuring several others, was not intercepted due to human error.
The explosive drone, likely launched from Yemen, over 2,000 kilometers away from Israel, penetrated Israel without any warning sirens and exploded in a Tel Aviv apartment, yards away from the US embassy and many hotels housing evacuees from the north and south of the country.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the drone was detected by the Air Force but a mistaken decision was made not to intercept it since it was not classified as hostile and therefore, no warning siren was sounded.
The IDF said this “is a severe incident that shouldn’t have happened and the Air Force takes responsibility for the incident as the defender of the country’s skies. The IAF increased its air patrols to protect Israeli airspace. There is no change in the defensive guidelines of the Home Front Command.”
Folllowing the attack, a Houthi spokesperson issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack: “We carried out a high-quality military operation in Tel Aviv – using a new UAV called ‘Jaffa’ which is capable of bypassing the enemy’s interception systems and is undetectable by radars. The operation successfully achieved its objectives.”
“The Yemenite Armed Forces declares the occupied Jaffa area as an unsafe area that is a major target. We will focus on striking the front of the Zionist enemy and reaching deep within it. We have a bank of targets in Israel, including sensitive military and security targets, and we will continue to strike them.”
Apart from the man who was killed by the drone, eight people were lightly injured, four from shrapnel wounds and four who suffered from shock. Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv said on Friday morning that five victims who were evacuated to the hospital in the wake of the attack were treated and released.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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The IDF is powerless – ONLY HASHEM can protect us! Drafting chareidim will certainly NOT help!
Drafting chareidim will certainly help the enemies!
Tehillim 127:1
That was a small wake up reminder to the Israeli authorities that it’s not kochi veosem yadi that makes Israel successful. It’s only the Ribono ShelOlam! Leave the haredim alone. I hope they wake up and get the message!!!
“ONLY HASHEM can protect us..”
And so you will tell us he was AWOL on Simchas Torah????
Obviously, we need BOTH limud torah and and a strong military. The thousands of Charedi bochurim who are NOT shteiging 24×7 should be drafted first while there are discussions regarding how/when others who can legitimately claim to be serious learners might also contribute in some form of military or public service.
DavidtheKanoi, kingdavid, HaKohen1et al – do you actually spend real time each day saying tehillim for the safety of אחינו בני ארץ ישראל and כל בית ישראל (and I don’t mean just 1 or 2 kapitelach) or do you subconsciously rely on the idf to protect them, or think this is all someone else’s problem and there’s no need to do anything other than complaining about other people’s yiras shomayim?
Hashem wasn’t c”v AWOL ever. He chose not to protect us on Simchas Torah. Moreover, He caused all of the many human failures that led to that tragedy – and to this one.
There is no contradiction between limud hatorah and having a strong military. Those advocating for the drafting of Chareidim are not doing it because the State needs it. (I refer to the politicians; it’s true that many citizens are bothered by the “inequality”, but they are egged-on by these self-serving politicians.)