A drone exploded Sunday at Ramon Airport in the Arava in southern Israel, without any alerts being triggered.
According to reports, the drone crashed inside the terminal between the departures and arrivals halls. The drone's engine was still found inside the building. Windows were shattered by the blast, with glass shards injuring one of those present at the airport. The IDF is investigating the incident.
Magen David Adom said its medics and paramedics were providing treatment and evacuating eight people to Yoseftal Hospital. Among them were a 63-year-old man, fully conscious and in mild condition after being hit by shrapnel in his limbs; a 52-year-old woman in mild condition who fell and injured her limbs; two men, aged 63 and 28, and a 24-year-old woman, all in mild condition suffering from tinnitus and blast trauma; and three people suffering from anxiety.
Video: A Houthi drone hit Ramon Airport
The Houthis in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened, "The real revenge has not yet begun."
Over the past week, the Israeli Air Force intercepted five drones and two surface-to-surface missiles launched from Yemen. In recent months, dozens of drones and surface-to-surface missiles fired from Yemen have been successfully intercepted.
About an hour before the attack, three drones launched from Yemen on were detected over the Sinai Peninsula on their way to Israel. the drones were intercepted by the IDF.
