On April 23, Yemeni Houthi spokesman Yehya Sareya stated that Houthi militants shot down a US MQ-9 drone through a surface to air missile. This is the seventh drone of the same model shot down by the Houthi armed forces since April, and also the 22nd drone of the same model shot down since this conflict. In addition, the Houthis also claimed to have attacked two US aircraft carriers again through missiles and drones. On the evening of that day, the US military launched airstrikes on Kamran Island in Hodeidah Province and multiple locations in Saada Province, Yemen.
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