Houthi drone crash damages Eilat hotel - TPS, Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by TPS, Jerusalem Post Staff

The impact was recorded after sirens sounded in Eilat. The police advised residents to stay away from the site.

 

Drone strikes hotel in Eilat, September 18, 2025.

(photo credit: Screenshot/Telegram, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)

A Houthi drone crashed into the courtyard of a hotel in Eilat on Thursday and caused damage to the building, the IDF said. 

Eilat District Police isolated the impact site, stating that no casualties have been reported, and bomb squad units worked to determine whether it is the remains of an interceptor or a drone crash.

Residents were urged to stay away from the site.

Eilat's Municipality announced that "it was decided to postpone the Selichot performance scheduled to take place this evening on Palm Beach, despite the fact that there is no change in the Home Front Command's defense policy."

Drone impact in Eilat hotel. (credit: Screenshot/Telegram, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)

Houthi drone impacts Eilat, Israeli media reports

The drone was launched by the Houthis terror organization in Yemen, with a second one intercepted before it managed to enter Israel.

Houthi drone attacks have increased in the last couple of weeks, with one of them even managing to impact the city's Ramon Airport at the beginning of September.

The current IDF operation in Yemen, which targeted the main political echelon of the Houthis and their main port in Hodeidah, aims to stop these attacks and debilitate the terror organization. 

TPS, Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-867996

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