Houthis claim they struck US aircraft carrier with missiles

According to the group’s spokesman, the attack came in response to US and UK strikes on Yemen

Yemen’s Houthis on Friday launched a missile attack on the US aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower in the Red Sea, according to a statement made on X (former Twitter) by the group’s spokesman Yahya Saree.

Saree claimed the attack came in response to US and UK strikes on the Yemeni provinces of Sanaa, Hodeidah and Taiz. The strikes allegedly targeted civilian infrastructure and resulted in the deaths of 16 people and over 40 wounded.

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