The Houthis announced on Monday that air defenses had successfully shot down an American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Saada Governorate.

The Houthis indicated that this is the eleventh plane of this type that they succeeded in shooting down during the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad, in support of the Al-Aqsa flood and in victory for the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said that the Israeli occupation, with American support, launched 17 raids on several civilian facilities in Al Hudaydah Governorate, including the port and the power station, which led to the martyrdom of 5 citizens and the injury of 57 others as a final toll.

Saree stressed that this criminal aggression will not deter the Yemeni people from performing their religious, humanitarian and moral duty towards the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, and that this crime will be responded to by escalating military operations against this criminal enemy during the coming period.

The US military acknowledged the downing of an MQ-9 drone without providing further details.