[News] YAF launches drone strikes on Israeli targets in Yafa, Askalan, Haifa

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YAF launches drone strikes on Israeli targets in Yafa, Askalan, Haifa
Al Mayadeen English
August 3, 2025
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Yemen carried out three precision drone strikes on Israeli targets in Yafa,
Askalan, and Haifa in retaliation for the ongoing genocide in Gaza and
repeated violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

   - [image: A Yemeni Armed Forces drone launches toward occupied
   Palestinian territories during a precision operation targeting Israeli
   sites in Ashkelon, Jaffa, and Haifa. (Photo: Yemeni Military Media)]
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   A Yemeni Armed Forces drone launches toward occupied Palestinian
   territories during a precision operation targeting Israeli sites in
   Ashkelon, Jaffa, and Haifa (Photo: Yemeni Military Media)

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced that their drone unit had carried out
three precision military operations targeting sites belonging to the
Israeli occupation, using three unmanned aerial vehicles.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier
General Yahya Saree confirmed that two of the strikes targeted military
installations in Yafa and Askalan, while the third struck the port of Haifa
in occupied Palestine.

According to Saree, the operations were launched in solidarity with the
Palestinian people and their resistance fighters, and in direct response to
the ongoing genocide and starvation campaign being waged by the Israeli
occupation against Gaza. The attacks also come in retaliation for
repeated incursions
by Israeli settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/condemnations-pour-in-as-israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosq>
compound and the desecration of its sacred grounds.

"Yemen, its loyal people, faithful leadership, and resisting army, will not
abandon its religious, moral, and humanitarian responsibilities toward the
Palestinian people, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Gaza, which continues to suffer
under a brutal siege and relentless aggression," Saree said.

He also warned that silence in the face of the genocide unfolding in Gaza
is "a stain and a disgrace that will haunt this nation throughout its
history," adding that such inaction will have severe consequences for all
countries and peoples, whether sooner or later.

Saree concluded by reaffirming Yemen’s commitment to continue its support
operations until the aggression stops and the blockade on Gaza is fully
lifted.

Earlier in the day, Israeli media reported that sirens were heard in areas
surrounding Gaza amid suspicions that a drone from Yemen had breached
Israeli airspace.

*Read more: Yemeni HOCC warns maritime companies of dealing with Israeli
ports
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemeni-hocc-warns-maritime-companies-of-dealing-with-israeli>*

This latest operation follows a steady escalation in Yemeni military
activity targeting Israeli positions. Over the past month, the Yemeni Armed
Forces, led by Ansar Allah, have launched dozens of ballistic missiles and
drones toward occupied territories. On August 1, Yemen struck al-Lydd (Lod)
Airport
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-strikes-al-lydd-airport-with-hypersonic-missile-over-g>
with a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile, disrupting air traffic and forcing
millions into shelters.

Yemen continues to assume a central role in the broader regional response
to "Israel’s" war on Gaza. With each operation, Yemeni forces are
reaffirming their alignment with the Palestinian cause
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-honored-to-fight-for-gaza--sayyed-al-houthi>and
mounting pressure on the Israeli regime at a time when it faces increasing
global isolation.
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