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