Houthis Launch Deadly Drone Strike on Tel Aviv, Evading Israel's Defenses

Israeli military personnel may have also missed the drone simply because of human error and "contributed to the Houthis achieving a lucky shot," said Fabian Hinz, an expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Residents said the sound of the blast had awakened them in the predawn hours. Yochai Afek, 35, said he had looked out his bedroom window to see his car in flames. Thinking that an air-conditioner had fallen on his vehicle, he and his wife ran outside with a fire extinguisher and a hose, and were surprised to find a large crowd outside at 3 a.m. "We didn't understand why the whole neighborhood came out to the streets because of a fallen AC unit," Mr. Afek said.