US destroyer shoots down drone from Yemen over Red Sea
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A US Navy ship shot down a drone flying from Yemen in the Red Sea. About it reported Reuters, citing two American officials.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Thomas Hudner shot down the drone early this morning local time, officials said. It is not specified whether the drone was armed or how close it came to the ship
Reuters clarifies that last month another American warship intercepted four cruise missiles and 15 drones launched from Yemen towards Israel.
On November 14, the leader of the Yemeni Houthi movement said that his forces would continue attacks against Israel and that they could strike Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Last week, the Houthis shot down an American military drone MQ-9, which was in international airspace, the agency writes.
November 1 on the website of the rebel Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) ruling in the North of Yemen appeared a message that Yemeni armed forces launched a missile attack on “Israeli targets in occupied Palestine.” After this, the Israel Defense Forces announced an air raid alert in the central and southern parts of the country. The day before, Houthi spokesman Yahya Sari reported that Yemen had launched three ballistic missile and explosive drone attacks on Israeli territory. He also noted that the Houthis will continue to strike until Israeli aggression stops. However, the consequences of the strikes from Yemen were not reported.
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