Drone downed near Egypt's resort city of Dahab - security sources

The Houthis in Yemen have stepped up attacks on shipping in the Red Sea in protest against Israel's war in Gaza.

 A general view of Dahab Bay on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, December 13, 2018. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH)
A general view of Dahab Bay on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, December 13, 2018.
(photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH)

A drone was downed near the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, in the second such incident in a month, two security sources told Reuters.

The security sources could not confirm the drone's origin.

Israel said in late October that Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi movement sent drones to strike its territory after drones caused explosions that rocked two Egyptian towns on the Red Sea, Taba and Nuweiba.

Egypt's military spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said then that the two drones were fired from the southern Red Sea aiming north. Yemen is at the south end of the sea and Israel at the north.

 Followers of the Houthi movement carry a mock drone during a rally held to mark the Ashura in Saada, Yemen September 10, 2019. (credit: NAIF RAHMA / REUTERS)
Followers of the Houthi movement carry a mock drone during a rally held to mark the Ashura in Saada, Yemen September 10, 2019. (credit: NAIF RAHMA / REUTERS)

Not the first suspected drone shot down near Dahab

The Houthis in Yemen have stepped up attacks on shipping in the Red Sea in protest against Israel's war in Gaza.

After hearing an explosion coming from the sea near Dahab, an object fell into the water, causing no damage or injuries, eyewitnesses told Reuters.

Earlier in December, Egyptian air defenses shot down another suspected drone near Dahab, security sources had said.