Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile, Drone Attack on US Aircraft Carrier in Red Sea
The Yemeni Houthi group said Wednesday it launched an attack targeting the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea.
In a televised statement, military spokesman Yahya Saree said the attack involved several cruise missiles and drones, saying the attack successfully hit its targets.
Saree said the attack was in response to what he called the US Navy’s attempts to target Yemen.
This marked the sixth reported attack by the Houthis on the US carrier within a month.
“This is the sixth strike on the carrier since it entered the Red Sea nearly a month ago,” Saree said, without providing further details.
There was no immediate US comment on the Houthi claim.
Since the beginning of 2024, a US-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes that it said target Houthi locations in Yemen in response to the group’s Red Sea attacks. They have been occasionally met with retaliation from the Houthis.
The Houthis, in solidarity with Gaza, which has been facing a genocidal Israeli war since October 2023, have targeted Israeli cargo ships or ones linked with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, vowing to continue until the attacks on the enclave end.
