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Red Sea tensions: Yemen’s Houthis ‘attack’ US carrier after deadly strikes

Houthi supporters march marking the anniversary of Yemeni unity in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 22, 2024 [Osamah Abdulrahman/AP Photo]

Yemen’s Houthis say they have launched a missile attack on a United States aircraft carrier in the Red Sea in response to deadly US and British strikes on Yemen.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced the attack on the Eisenhower carrier on Friday; the group earlier claimed that at least 16 people were killed in US and UK assaults on the Hodeidah province, the highest publicly acknowledged death toll from multiple rounds of strikes over the group’s assault on shipping.

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