Although the Egyptian army revealed the details of the crash of an unidentified drone near a hospital in the city of Taba in South Sinai Governorate, it is not yet clear who was behind it.

But the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth estimated, quoting Israeli security analyst Ron Ben Yishai, that it was the Houthis who launched the drones last night.

Ben Yishai said: “According to all assessments, it was the Houthis who launched the drones tonight.”

He added: “Also last week, their goal was to attack Eilat, so they launched three cruise missiles and 15 drones from Yemen.”

The Egyptian army is investigating

Earlier on Friday, Egyptian military spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez amended information contained in previous media reports indicating that an explosion occurred in the city of Taba on the border with Israel, as a result of a missile.

He announced in a post on his Facebook account that “an unidentified drone fell this morning next to a hospital in the city of Taba.”

He added that 6 people were slightly injured as a result of the fall of the unknown march, pointing out that the incident is under investigation.

And yesterday, Wednesday, the US Central Command, which carries out military missions in the Middle East, revealed to Al-Ain News details about the missiles the Houthi militia launched last week in the middle of the Red Sea, which the Pentagon said had a range that reached Israel.

At the time, US Central Command spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Troy Garlock said that the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) intercepted and shot down several Houthi missiles and drones on October 19.

He added: "They were three Houthi missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles, which were shot down while crossing the international waters of the Red Sea. These missiles did not reach the ship and there were no casualties."

Houthi confession

Before that, specifically 4 days after the Houthi attack, which was believed to be directed at Israeli targets, the militias admitted that they were targeting Israel.

At that time, the recognition of the Houthi militias came from the Houthi leader Abdulaziz bin Habtour, head of the Houthi “caretaker government”, which is not recognized in Sana’a.

Bin Habtoor said, in video statements circulated by Houthi activists, that the double attack, which was carried out with missiles and aircraft and was confronted by the American battleship USS Carney, was targeting several Israeli targets in Ashkelon, Tel Aviv and Ashdod.

The Houthi leader warned that “Israeli ships in the Red Sea will be subjected to direct attacks,” but he linked this to “the long duration of the Israeli attacks on Gaza,” saying: “We launched missiles and marches, as a form of solidarity with Gaza.”

Until the moment of writing the news, no party has claimed responsibility for the Taba incident.