On April 9, local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen issued a statement saying that their air defense forces shot down a US-made MQ-9 drone over Jorv Province, which was carrying out hostilities.

  The Houthi armed forces said that this is the third MQ-9 shot down within ten days and the eighteenth fighter jet shot down by the Houthi armed forces since the escalation of this round of Pakistan-Israel conflict.

  Since the outbreak of a new round of Pakistan-Israel conflict in October 2023, Houthi forces have used drones and missiles to attack targets in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden waters, demanding that Israel stop military operations in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Since March 15, 2025, the US military has launched a large-scale air strike against the Houthi armed forces, and the Houthi armed forces subsequently launched a strike against the US aircraft carriers and their formations, and the situation in the Red Sea suddenly became tight. (Central Channel reporter Zhu Yunxiang)

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