Yemeni Armed Forces Stage Drone Strike against Israeli Military Target, Down US Drone over Saada
Yemen's Armed Forces announced a drone strike targeting an Israeli military site in the occupied city of Jaffa, adding that the forces managed to shoot down reconnaissance drone over Saada Governorate.
In a statement on Friday, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) said that the retaliatory operation targeting Tel Aviv, which employed a domestically developed 'Yaffa' drone, was conducted in response to the continued Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the daily massacres of Palestinians carried out with US support.
In a separate development, YAF air defenses shot down a Giant Shark F360 reconnaissance drone operated by the 'US-Israeli enemy' while it was conducting missions over Yemen's northern Saada Governorate, YAF Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced.
The drone was downed using a domestically produced surface-to-air missile, the statement read.
بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية بشأن تنفيذ عملية عسكرية استهدفت هدفا عسكريا في منطقة يافا المحتلة وذلك بطائرة مسيرة نوع 'يافا'، وإسقاط طائرة استطلاعية تعمل لصالح العدو الأمريكي أثناء قيامِها بأعمال عدائية في أجواء محافظة صعدة بصاروخ أرض جو محلي الصنع.
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The Yemeni forces also issued a call to action, urging 'all free people of the nation' to stand against the Israeli genocidal war on Palestinians, warning of the risks of inaction and the potential expansion of Israeli aggression into other Arab and Islamic nations.
'The consequences of silence, inaction, and failure to fulfill one's religious, moral, and humanitarian duties will be dire for all,'. Brig. Gen. added.
He also pledged to continue operations until the Israeli regime halts its assault and lifts the siege on the Gaza Strip.
Earlier in the day, the YAF conducted a retaliatory operation against US warships in the Red Sea, including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, thwarting two planned strikes against Yemen.
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