The Yemeni Houthi group announced the downing of an American drone in the airspace of Ma’rib Governorate in central Yemen, the second in the past 72 hours.

The military spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, said in a televised statement today, Wednesday, that the Yemeni air defenses shot down an American MQ9 plane while it was carrying out “hostile missions” in the airspace of Ma’rib with a locally made surface-to-air missile. No comment was issued. From the United States in particular until now.

Saree added that this plane is the second to be shot down within 72 hours, and the 14th since the start of the “Battle of the Promised Conquest and Holy Jihad in Support of Gaza” more than a year ago.

The Houthis announced the downing of an American march of the same type last Saturday evening in Al-Bayda Governorate in central Yemen.

This drone is mainly used for surveillance and intelligence missions, in addition to carrying out precise air strikes. It can fly for 27 continuous hours and carry 1.3 tons of external ammunition.

Preparing for a ground invasion

Yesterday, Tuesday, the group held a military parade for thousands of fighters in Hodeidah Governorate on the Red Sea.

She said that the military parade comes within the framework of preparation for any Israeli aggression, amid a noticeable escalation and media talk about possible ground action.

The group's Al Masirah channel reported that Jabal Ras District in Hodeidah Governorate witnessed a solemn military parade by 7,000 graduates of open general mobilization courses to enhance readiness to confront the Israeli aggression and support the Palestinian people.

Operations against Israel

The Ansar Allah group (Houthis) announced that it would carry out 27 military operations against Israel in December 2024, in response to the Israeli war of annihilation on the Gaza Strip, and the “Zionist-American” attacks on Yemen, according to a report by the spokesman for the Ministry of Defense in the unrecognized Houthi government. internationally.

Since November 2023, the Houthis have begun targeting Israeli or related cargo ships in the Red Sea with missiles and drones “in solidarity with Gaza,” according to the group’s statements.

In response to these attacks, the United States and Britain began launching air strikes and missile attacks on Houthi sites in Yemen since the beginning of 2024.

The group responded by announcing that it now considered all American and British ships among its military targets, and by expanding its attacks to ships passing through the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean or anywhere its weapons reach.

With American support, the Israeli genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023 has resulted in about 154,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing persons, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly.

Source: Al Jazeera + Anatolia