Sanaa , Yemen ( CNN ) -- A drone strike in Yemen on Saturday killed at least 10 suspected al Qaeda militants but also inadvertently resulted in the deaths of three civilian day laborers , a high-level Yemeni government official told CNN . The strike targeted a pickup in al-Hazemiyah district of al-Bayda province , three Yemeni Defense Ministry sources said . The militants were heading to neighboring Shabwa province , a hotbed for al Qaeda , they said . `` The truck targeted carried 11 militants . The targeting came while they were in transit after leaving a training site . Ten were killed and one was injured , '' the government official said on the condition of anonymity . A civilian truck carrying five day laborers was also hit in the strike , the official said . Three died and two were wounded . A casualty toll released earlier by the three Yemen Defense Ministry officials was slightly higher , with 12 suspected militants and three civilians reportedly killed . `` The militants were on a coordinating mission , and we have had our eyes on them for quite a while now , '' a senior ministry official told CNN on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to media . Operatives targeted . A source from the region said the strike targeted three `` well-known '' al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives linked to a training camp in southern Yemen . AQAP , considered the most dangerous al Qaeda affiliate , has repeatedly been targeted by drone strikes . None of those killed in the strike was believed to be among AQAP 's senior leadership , the source said . The targets of the drone strike had been closely monitored for some time during their training camp activities , the source said . The drone strike came on the heels of the recent emergence of a video showing a large gathering of al Qaeda members in Yemen . There is no indication -- at this point -- that this strike had anything to do with the video , made last month and aired by CNN earlier this week . `` The strike today had nothing to do with the tape showing the gathering of AQAP , '' the government official said . `` This operation was in the making for some time , as AQAP has stepped up its attacks against military targets and government officials in Bayda . '' Salem al-Kashm was driving behind the civilian pickup driven by a friend when he said the strikes occurred . `` Minutes after the first attack , a second attack took place , killing three of my friends , '' he said . `` The drone then kept going in circles after the attack to ensure that none of the militants were able to escape . '' A Defense Ministry official said , `` It 's unfortunate the civilians were there in the wrong time . '' Yemen 's al Qaeda threat . The United States is the only country known to have conducted drone strikes in Yemen . So far this year , including Saturday 's strike , there have been eight drone attacks in the country , according to Peter Bergen , CNN national security analyst . Only this week , Yemen 's Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said his country could handle the al Qaeda threat alone . `` Security is one of the main challenges facing Yemen , '' al-Qirbi said . Even though more voices have risen within Yemen in opposition to U.S.-led drone strikes , President Abdu Rabu Hadi has shown no sign his counterterrorism strategy will change , especially because al Qaeda has proved to be a bigger threat than anticipated . But his stance has angered some parliamentarians . `` It 's a black dot for President Hadi to allow drones to roam our skies and kill our people , '' said Ali al-Mamari , a prominent member of parliament . New al Qaeda video signals new round of plotting . A video recently made public shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years . In the middle of the clip , the man known as al Qaeda 's crown prince , Nasir al-Wuhayshi , appears out in the open , greeting followers in Yemen . Al-Wuhayshi , the No . 2 leader of al Qaeda globally and the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , has said he wants to attack the United States . But in the video , he looks unconcerned that he could be hit by an American drone . In a speech to the group , al-Wuhayshi makes it clear that he 's going after the United States , saying `` We must eliminate the cross . ... The bearer of the cross is America ! '' The video started appearing on jihadist websites recently , drawing the attention of U.S. officials and global terrorism experts . U.S. officials believe the highly produced video is recent and authentic . With some fighters ' faces blurred , there is worry it signals a new round of plotting . Every frame of the video is now being analyzed by the United States . CNN 's Hakim Almasmari reported from Sanaa , Yemen . Barbara Starr reported from Washington . Yousuf Basil and Joe Sterling contributed to this report .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. NEW : One of the strikes inadvertently hit a civilian pickup truck , a witness says . Most of those killed were al Qaeda militants , Yemeni officials say .