Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim that they launched a missile attack against the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on Friday morning.
The attack was a response to the recent US and UK-led bombing operations in Yemen that killed 16 people and wounded 41 others, including civilians, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said.
He warned that the rebels would ‘meet escalation with escalation’, and said that winged and ballistic missiles had been used in the attack. He said that ‘the hits were accurate and direct’.
Last night’s coalition strikes targeted the province of Hodeidah targeted the port of Salif, a radio building in Al-Hawk district, Ghalifa camp and two houses, Saree said.
The U.S. and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
The U.S. Central Command said U.S. and British forces had hit 13 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
The British defence ministry said the joint operation targeted three locations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, which it said housed drones and surface-to-air weapons.
The U.S. and British militaries said they launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday to deter the militant group from further disrupting shipping in the Red Sea.
The U.S. Central Command said U.S. and British forces had hit 13 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
The British defense ministry said the joint operation targeted three locations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, which it said housed drones and surface-to-air weapons.
In Tehran, Houthi-allied Iran condemned the strikes as ‘violations of Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity… international laws and human rights’, Iranian state media reported.
‘The aggressor U.S. and British governments are responsible for the consequences of these crimes against the Yemeni people,’ Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said.
The Houthis, who control Yemen’s capital and most populous areas, have attacked international shipping in the Red Sea since November in solidarity with the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas, drawing retaliatory U.S. and British strikes since February.