TEL AVIV: Israel threatened retaliation on Friday after a drone claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels penetrated vaunted air defenses and killed a civilian in a Tel Aviv apartment building near a US embassy annex. The attack drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres and a call for “maximum containment” to avoid “further escalation in the region”. The pre-dawn strike came hours before Israel was dealt another blow, a UN Supreme Court ruling that its occupation of Palestinian territories was “illegal” and must end as soon as possible.
