Yemeni army shoots down US MQ9 drone

The Yemeni army said the country's air defense shot down an American drone while carrying out a hostile mission over Yemen's territorial waters. According to Yahya Sari, a Yemeni military spokesman, announced on Wednesday evening that Yemeni air defenses shot down a US MQ9 drone during a hostile and spy mission over Yemen's regional waters while it was providing military support to Israel. Continuing this statement, Yahya Sari emphasized the legal right of this country to defend the territory of Yemen and fight external threats. The statement concludes, again emphasizing support for the Palestinian people, by saying that hostile movements will not prevent the continuation of Yemen's military operations against the Zionist regime. Over the past few days, in response to crimes committed by the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni army has attacked the port of Eilat in the south of the Occupied Palestinian Territories with missiles and drones. Sari previously stressed that as long as the Zionist regime's attacks on the Palestinian people continue, Yemen's attacks on the occupied lands will continue. In the shadow of some Western countries' support for Israel, the Zionist regime's crimes against the people of Gaza are becoming more brutal every day. Since October 7, at least 11,000 Palestinians have been martyred and more than 27,000 injured as a result of the Zionist regime's aggression in the Gaza Strip. Most of the martyrs and wounded are children and women.