Houthi drone attack on Eilat Unmanned aircraft explodes in shopping area after IDF fails to down it despite firing two Iron Dome interceptors; incident comes days after Houthi drone smashed into hotel in resort city. Over 20 people were wounded by shrapnel on Wednesday after a drone from Yemen exploded in Eilat, days after another Houthi smashed into a hotel in the Red Sea resort city
Medics reported that among the injured were two men ages 60 and 26 listed in serious condition, along with a 30-year-old who was moderately hurt and 19 others with light wounds.
Most of the wounded were hit by shrapnel, with the Israeli Air Force dispatching a helicopter to evacuate those seriously hurt to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. The rest of the injured were treated at Eilat’s Yoseftal Medical Center, the country’s smallest general hospital.
