A drone fired by the Houthi militants in Yemen breached Israel's air defenses on Sunday and slammed into the country's southern airport, the Israeli military said.

It was one of several drones fired by the Houthis, according to the military, but it said most had been intercepted outside of Israel.

The drone crashed into the passenger terminal at the Ramon International Airport near the resort city of Eilat, the Israeli Airports Authority said, blowing out glass windows and sending smoke plumes billowing.

The Houthis hailed Sunday's attack on Ramon Airport — some 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Eilat on Israel's southern tip — as "a unique, qualitative military operation."

"Enemy airports are unsafe, and foreigners must leave them for their own safety," Nasruddin Amer, deputy head of the

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