Houthis from Yemen assault the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea
In reaction to US and British assaults on Yemen, the Houthis of Yemen conducted a missile attack toward the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on Friday.
There has been no attack on the Eisenhower, a US defense official told Reuters.
Saree said in a televised speech that six US and British strikes had resulted in 16 fatalities and 41 injuries, including civilian casualties.
According to Saree, there were strikes in the province of Hodeidah that targeted the port of Salif, two houses, the Ghalifa camp, and a radio installation in the Al-Hawk region.
The US Central Command said US 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.
“As ever, the utmost care was taken in planning the strikes to minimise any risk to civilians or non-military infrastructure,” the British defence ministry said.
“Conducting the strikes in the hours of darkness should also have mitigated yet further any such risks.”
The strikes, according to Houthi spokesperson Mohamed Abdelsalam, are a “brutal aggression” against Yemen as retaliation for that country’s backing of Gaza.
According to Iranian official media, Iran denounced the strikes as “violations of Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity…, international laws and human rights”.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani stated, “The aggressor US and British governments are responsible for the consequences of these crimes against the Yemeni people.”
As a show of support for the Palestinians in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Houthis, who rule over the capital and most of the country, have been attacking international vessels in the Red Sea region since November. This has prompted retaliatory strikes from the US and the UK since February.
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