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Amid another wave of United States strikes on Yemen late on April 13, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced that they had shot down another MQ-9 Reaper combat drone.
MQ-9 combat drones, which cost upwards of $30 million per a unit, are primarily used to collect intelligence, but have the ability to conduct pinpoint strikes. The advanced drones can operate for more than 27 hours and reach altitudes of over 25,000 feet.
The drone was downed while it was conducting “hostile missions” over the northeastern province of Hajjah, Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement, noting that the drone was targeted with a “locally-made missile.”
“This is the fourth aircraft that our air defenses have been able to shoot down in two weeks and the nineteenth during the battle of the promised conquest and the holy jihad in support of Gaza,” the spokesman added.
Earlier in the day, the Houthis announced an attack with two ballistic missiles on targets in central Israel, and said that another drone attack targeted the south of the country. The Israeli military however reported the interception of a single missile.
Another wave of U.S. strikes hit Yemen after the Houthi announcements, with casualties reported in the outskirts of the capital, Sanaa.
The Al-Masirah news channel, which is run by the Houthis, said that six people were killed and at least 26 others were wounded when multiple strikes targeted the Al-Sawari ceramic factory in the Bani Matar district to the west and south of the capital.
The U.S. military resumed strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen earlier on March 15 on orders from President Donald Trump, who said that the large-scale operation was launched in response to the group’s renewed attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping in the Red Sea.
The operation has so far claimed the lives of 123 people and left some 247 others wounded, according to a statement released by the Houthi-run health ministry on April 14.
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