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Houthis claim six operations in Red Sea, Indian Ocean including strike on US aircraft carrier
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCAIRO – Yemen’s Houthis conducted six operations targeting a US aircraft carrier, a US destroyer and three vessels in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the Iranian-backed group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree says.
The Houthi militia, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen, has attacked ships off its coast for months, saying it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
The group “targeted the American aircraft carrier, the Eisenhower, north of the Red Sea, with a number of missiles and drones,” Saree says, adding it was “the second targeting operation against the carrier during the past 24 hours.”
The spokesperson also adds that the other operations have targeted a US destroyer and the ABLIANI ship in the Red Sea, along with “the MAINA ship that has been targeted twice in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Sea as well.”
Additionally, “the ship ALORAIQ has been targeted in the Indian Ocean,” he added.
The Houthi fighters’ drone and missile strikes have been aimed at the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden, forcing shippers since November to re-route cargo on longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa.
The Times of Israel Community.