Yemeni Houthis from the rebel movement "Ansar Allah" attacked the US aircraft carriers "Harry Truman" and "Carl Vinson", as well as the accompanying warships, said the representative of the armed forces formed by the rebels, Yahya Sariyah.
„The missile forces, the drone forces and the navy carried out a double operation, attacking the US aircraft carriers "Harry Truman" and the "Carl Vinson", as well as their escort warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, using cruise missiles and drones," a spokesman for the movement told the Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV channel.
Saria also said that "the buildup of American military power and the continued aggression against Yemen will only lead to new attacks". "The newly arrived carrier will not be able to achieve what the previous five failed to achieve," he added.
After the Gaza conflict escalated in 2023, the Houthis warned that they would shell Israeli territory and prevent ships affiliated with them from passing through the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The attacks stopped after a ceasefire was declared in the Palestinian enclave in mid-January of this year, but after the ceasefire collapsed in early March, the rebels announced that they had resumed attacks on Israeli ships in the Red Sea and then began trying to attack targets in the Jewish state with missiles again.
On March 15, the United States, on the orders of President Donald Trump, began carrying out massive strikes against Houthi targets, who control about a third of Yemen. The operation is aimed at protecting American interests and ensuring freedom of navigation, the US Central Command said. In response, the Ansar Allah movement carried out a series of attacks on the US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman in the northern Red Sea, using missiles and drones. There is no information about damage to the ship as a result of the strikes.