The Israel Defense Forces overnight Thursday intercepted two drones launched “from the east,” the military said.

The phrase is typically used by the IDF to refer to attacks most likely by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

The UAVs, intercepted about an hour apart around midnight, did not trigger air-raid sirens as they were not deemed an immediate threat to Israeli population centers.

On Tuesday, the IDF intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists, triggering air-raid sirens across Jerusalem and the Shephelah (Judaean Foothills), including Beit Shemesh and Modi’in, and sending some two million Israelis rushing to shelters. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks on the

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