What happened

Reported: the Saudi-led coalition said a drone struck the Taibah electricity distribution station in Medina at 05:11 local time and took one transformer out of service, while the wider grid remained operational. The coalition said the station supplies the Prophet's Mosque and surrounding area. Claimed: after an operational review and examination of recovered wreckage, the coalition attributed the planning and execution of the strike to Yemen's Houthis. Disputed: a Houthi military source quoted by the Houthi-run Saba agency denied the accusation, calling it a lie intended to reinforce Saudi Arabia's earlier allegation that the group targeted Mecca. Unverified: the reviewed public material does not independently authenticate the wreckage, establish the drone's launch point or show that the mosque itself was targeted. No casualties were reported, and the coalition did not publish the transformer's rating, a repair timetable, detailed damage imagery or a precise facility location. The map therefore uses an approximate Medina city marker.

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