The Yemeni Armed Forces downed a US reaper over Hodeidah and carried out a military operation that targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman.
In a statement on Thursday, the Yemeni forces said their air defenses managed to shoot down a US MQ-9 Reaper over the skies of the western province of Hodeidah.
“In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and in backing their noble and valiant resistance, with the Help of Allah Almighty, the air defenses of the Yemeni Armed Forces have shot down a hostile US MQ-9 drone while it was violating Yemeni airspace and carrying out hostile missions over the airspace of Hodeidah Governorate using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile,” Spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced in a televised statement.
The Yemeni Armed Forces shot down a second MQ-9 Reaper Drone in 72 hours.
They also launched Cruise Missiles & Drones towards the USS Truman & its destroyers, without hitting them https://t.co/RE3FruLjlL pic.twitter.com/VCy0ZFtBIr
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Brig. Gen. Saree noted that the operation is the second “within 72 hours and the 17th throughout the Battle of the Promised Victory and the Sacred Jihad in support of Gaza.”
In another statement, the Yemeni military spokesman said that the army’s naval forces, UAV force, and missile force carried out a specific and joint military operation.
The US enemy launched a blatant aggression against our country over the past few hours with more than 36 airstrikes targeting several areas in the governorates of Sanaa, Saadah, and several other governorates, resulting in a number of martyrs and injuries, Brig. Gen. Saree said.
“In response to this aggression, the Yemeni Armed Forces’ naval forces, UAV force, and missile force, with the help of Allah Almighty, carried out a specific and joint military operation. They engaged the US aircraft carrier Truman and its affiliated warships in the northern Red Sea with using a number of cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles,” the statement read.
He stressed that the US aggression “will not prevent us from performing our their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties toward the oppressed Palestinian people.”
Source: Yemeni media
