{"id":52294,"date":"2025-09-07T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-military-says-drone-launched-from-yemen-hits-airport-arrivals-hall\/07\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:54:46","slug":"israeli-military-says-drone-launched-from-yemen-hits-airport-arrivals-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-military-says-drone-launched-from-yemen-hits-airport-arrivals-hall\/07\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli military says drone launched from Yemen hits airport arrivals hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel\u2019s Ramon Airport near the Red Sea city of <span>Eilat<\/span> has resumed operations after being briefly shut when a drone launched from Yemen struck the arrivals hall, Israel\u2019s Airports Authority have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Takeoffs and landings at the airport were halted for around two hours on Sunday as the Israeli military said it was investigating the crash of a drone that was launched from Yemen and fell in the area of the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFollowing the completion of all safety and security checks, compliance with international civil aviation standards, and receipt of final approval from the Air Force \u2013 Ramon Airport has now been reopened for full operations, for both departures and arrivals,\u201d the authority said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe first flight from Ramon to Ben Gurion Airport (near Tel Aviv) is expected to depart shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier, the Israeli military said the air force had intercepted three drones launched from Yemen. It said two were \u201cintercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory\u201d but did not elaborate on the status of the third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing the Israeli rescue services, reported that two people were lightly wounded in the drone strike. A 63-year-old man was injured by shrapnel, and a 52-year-old woman was injured after she fell. It said emergency workers evacuated them to a hospital in Eilat, while others who suffered panic attacks received medical care at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israeli Army Radio reported that a preliminary investigation into the damage at the airport indicated the drone had not been spotted by the air force\u2019s detection systems at all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A warship in Eilat, Israel [File: Ohad Zwigenberg\/AP]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The airport, located near the resort city of Eilat on the border with Jordan and Egypt, mostly handles domestic flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Houthis in Yemen have been launching missiles and drones thousands of kilometres north towards Israel in what the group says are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians under relentless Israeli fire. It has also been attacking vessels in the Red Sea since the start of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There has been no immediate comment from the Houthis on the drone strike on Ramon Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel has bombed <span>Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen<\/span>, including the vital Hodeidah port. Its latest barrage killed senior Houthi officials a week and a half ago, <span>including its prime minister<\/span> and other cabinet officials. Large numbers of civilians have also been killed in Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In May, a Houthi missile hit near Israel\u2019s main airport, Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv, injuring four people lightly and causing many airlines to cancel their flights to Israel for months. Israel later struck and destroyed the main airport in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israeli-military-says-drone-launched-135252033.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&rsquo;s Ramon Airport near the Red Sea city of Eilat has resumed operations after being briefly shut when a drone launched from<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-military-says-drone-launched-from-yemen-hits-airport-arrivals-hall\/07\/09\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/k7mVhq_Dk5AGGbZVFIFd2w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/al_jazeera_289\/956a20a2ad2e007cc389188b14d92fb7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}