Saudi Arabia says it destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before ​it entered prohibited airspace. Houthi officials deny targeting Mecca. It comes as the Houthis claimed responsibility for using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones against a Saudi air base in the south of the country on Monday. Air raid sirens were activated in six governorates, including Jeddah, on Tuesday. In addition to long-range missiles and drones, there’s now growing evidence that the Houthis are using artificial intelligence to attack shipping traffic in the Red Sea. The Houthis declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia back in July, and captured the port city of Mokha last week, as well as islands near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Houthis claim they are retaliating against Saudi airstrikes on Yemen. The U.N. warns of a humanitarian crisis with 100,000 Yemenis already displaced. This is a Yemeni woman who was forced to flee her home.

Khadija Kudaf: “We fled from the war and took nothing with us. We didn’t even bring the children’s clothes. We have no flour and no clothes for the children. We came to Aden and arrived today. After three days of walking, we made it today. The children are hungry. We have no food, and it’s been three days. They are hungry.”