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Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone before it entered Mecca, Islam's holiest city, describing pilgrims' security as a 'red line'. The interception, reported in live updates tied to the wider Iran war, underscores escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Separately, Houthi forces released video they say shows a Saudi fighter jet being shot down over Yemen's Marib province, a claim that, if verified, would mark a significant escalation in the aerial dimension of the Saudi-Houthi conflict and add to the string of recent attacks and interceptions along the kingdom's southern front.