The surprise drone strike by the Houthis against Tel Aviv took Israelis by surprise, shattering the assumption that the city was an “impenetrable fortress.”

Israel’s second city is guarded by a once-thought-impregnable shield of air and missile defense systems, which has shielded it from every missile attack fired against it during the war in Gaza. In a press call with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, experts warned that the breach of the shield by a Houthi drone will have a psychological impact on Israelis.