America Shoots Down 11 Houthi Drones

The U.S. military confirmed today, Thursday, that it shot down 11 drones belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, after the rebels announced that they targeted Israeli and American ships off the coast of the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. Central Command stated on the platform "X" that its forces shot down 3 drones that launched from areas controlled by the Houthis on Wednesday, and 8 drones later the same day. The statement said: "It was determined that the drones pose an imminent threat to American and coalition ships and commercial vessels in the region." It added, "Their latest attacks targeted two Israeli ships, in addition to two American ships, one of which is a warship." The statement noted that "the ships were targeted with a number of naval missiles and appropriate drones."