THE Iranian-backed Houthi militia said on Thursday that it had again attacked the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv with drones.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has reported downing a drone off the coast near the city, while another drone had fallen on open ground.
But the Houthis claimed that the drones, which had travelled a distance of some 1,800 kilometres, reached their targets, with describing them as a new variant, with the name Jaffa, first mentioned by Houthi military spokesman, Yehya Saree, in July.
Air raid alarms sounded in Bat Yam to the immediate south of Tel Aviv, but there were no initial reports of injury or damage.
The attack followed a similar attack in July this year.
