Yaffa Drone Travels 2000 KM to Reach Tel Aviv

Yedioth Ahronoth revealed new details about the “Jaffa” drone that attacked Tel Aviv leading to the death of an Israeli and the injury of at least 10 others.

The Israeli newspaper reported the drone attack on a residential building in central Tel Aviv killing Yevgeny Perder show it was launched from Yemen and traveled about 2,000 kilometers.

“Some of the fly routes taken by the drone were new compared to previous trajectories to make the matter difficult and confusing for the detection systems in the Israeli army,” the paper said.

It stated  the Jaffa drone warhead was “relatively small and contained several kilograms of explosives,”. This “allowed for a long flight, and the extent of damage limited.”

“The full flight path is still under investigation, but according to preliminary assessments of the Israeli army, the drone passed through Sinai and crossed the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast,” according to Yedioth Ahronoth.

The explosion occurred at dawn on Friday, about 100 meters from the US Embassy’s branch office complex.

The Yemeni “Ansar Allah” movement – Houthis – stated “the Yemeni Armed Forces’ air force carried out a qualitative military operation targeting one of the important targets in the occupied Jaffa region, the so-called Israeli Tel Aviv.”

The Houthis explained the operation was carried out “with a new drone called “Yafa” capable of bypassing the enemy’s interception systems and being unable to be detected by radars. The operation successfully achieved its goals.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an assessment of the situation after such targeting, with officials confirming “there will be a reaction, and that a response within the territory of Yemen is on the table” according to Jo.24 website.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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