The Israeli military has intercepted what it described as a “suspicious aerial target” approaching southern Israel from the east, Al Jazeera reports.

The object did not enter Israeli territory after being shot down by fighter jets.

Earlier, Al Jazeera reported that Yemen’s Houthis said they had carried out a joint military operation with an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeting Israel’s southern port city of Eilat using “a number of drones”.