The Israeli military said in a statement that the air force intercepted three drones within half an hour. The statement added that the alerts activated in the southern Negev region came after a drone launched from Yemen was intercepted. Another drone was also intercepted without any alerts being activated, in accordance with established policy.
The occupation army also reported carrying out an additional interception operation earlier in the Arava area.
For its part, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that air raid sirens sounded in the Negev region near the Dimona nuclear research facility following the infiltration of an unidentified drone. The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that the sirens were the result of a "misdiagnosis."
Haaretz also reported that another drone launched from Yemen was intercepted near Ramon Airport, a day after another drone crashed at the same airport.
Several air raid sirens sounded in southern Israel on Monday morning.
Earlier on Sunday, Yemen's Houthi group launched drones, one of which was shot down at Ramon Airport, injuring two Israelis and suspending air traffic at the airport.
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The attack sparked criticism within Israel regarding the failure of the air defense system to detect the drone and activate the air raid sirens, prompting the Israeli military to announce an investigation into the incident.
The Houthis are attacking Israel with missiles and drones, targeting ships linked to or heading toward it. They claim their attacks are in response to the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
This genocide left 64,522 Palestinians martyred, 163,096 wounded, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of 393 Palestinians, including 140 children.
For decades, Israel has occupied Palestine and territories in Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from these territories and establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, along the pre-1967 borders.
