Drone strike near U.S. Embassy office in Tel Aviv leaves one dead, Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attack
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a drone strike near a U.S. Embassy office in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv that saw at least one person killed.
TEL AVIV — Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a drone strike near a U.S. Embassy branch office in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday the killed at least one person and injured several others.
An explosion rang out in the center of the city in the early hours of Friday morning after an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, struck the area, an Israel Defense Forces official said in a news briefing on Friday.
A 50-year-old man was found dead in an apartment building that appeared to have been impacted by the strike, Zaki Heller, a spokesman for Magen David Adom, Israel's medical emergency service, said in a statement. The IDF official confirmed the death of a civilian and said at least 10 others were injured in the attack.
Israelis typically receive warnings for incoming aerial attacks, but the IDF official said an alert was not issued in this case due to “human error.”
Video shared on social media appeared to show the aftermath of the strike, with the air shrouded in smoke and shattered glass and other debris on the ground as ambulance crews and police continued to arrive to the scene.
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