The Houthis claim to have carried out an attack on the US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced today that the group’s forces launched an attack on the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea as well as the Transworld Navigator ship in the Arabian Sea. They did not specify when the alleged attacks took place. According to the announcement of the Shiite rebels, the Transworld Navigator was directly hit by a missile. The operation against the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower achieved its objectives, they added without elaborating. Since mid-November, the Iran-backed Yemeni Shiite militia has launched dozens of missile and drone attacks against commercial and then warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, saying it was acting in “solidarity” with Palestinians in the Strip. of Gaza, against the backdrop of the devastating war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that broke out on October 7. The US, Israel’s main international ally, in December formed an international force to protect navigation in this strategic maritime area […]
Source: News Beast

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