News - Yemen: The Air Defenses of the Yemeni Armed Forces successfully shot down a hostile American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile missions in the skies over Hajjah province.

A statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces announced that the drone was downed using a domestically-made surface-to-air missile. This marks the fourth MQ-9 drone to be shot down by Yemeni Air Defenses in the past two weeks, and the nineteenth since the beginning of the Promised Conquest and Sacred Jihad campaign in support of Gaza.

In a televised statement, Brigadier General Sare'e reaffirmed that the Armed Forces' military capabilities remain unaffected and that the ongoing American aggression against Yemen will only lead to more failure and disappointment. 

He stressed that the Armed Forces will continue confronting the aggression that supports the Israeli enemy and will not cease their operations in support of the oppressed Palestinian people until the aggression on Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

Washington’s drones continue to fall one after another in Yemen's provinces. The Yemeni Air Defenses recently brought down their 18th advanced MQ-9 Reaper over Al-Jawf.

The downing of 19 drones in just a year and a half stands as a powerful testament to the growing capabilities of the Yemeni Armed Forces and to an escalating confrontation fueled by a determined national will. 

The average unit cost of an MQ-9 is estimated at $33 million, which means the American loss from the downing of the drones in Yemen is already more than $600 million. 

Earlier, Yemeni forces struck vital Israeli targets in the occupied territories. During those operations, Yemen fired two ballistic missiles, including a hypersonic one, at an Israeli military base and Ben Gurion Airport.

A Yemeni drone also hit a vital Israeli target in the occupied lands.