Houthis launch fresh attacks on US, Israeli targets
Houthis launch fresh attacks on US, Israeli targets
Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday that it had launched fresh attacks on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea and "military targets" in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday that it had launched fresh
attacks on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea and "military
targets" in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
"Our forces launched missile and drone attacks over
the past few hours, targeting American warships in the Red Sea, including the
USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, from which the aggression against our
country is launched," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a
statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
"The confrontation and engagement continued for
several hours," he said, vowing to confront the ongoing US airstrikes on
Houthi-held areas in northern Yemen.
There was no comment yet from the US military, Xinhua
news agency reported.
The Houthi military spokesperson said that his group also
launched a fresh attack on Israel in the past few hours.
"In support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, we
targeted military targets in Tel Aviv, using several drones," he said,
pledging to continue targeting Israeli cities and Israeli-linked ships in the
Red Sea until "the war on Gaza stops."
Late Tuesday night, al-Masirah TV reported seven US
airstrikes on Saada province, the Houthis' main stronghold in northern Yemen.
There were no reports of casualties.
The airstrikes are part of an ongoing US campaign against
Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, launched in mid-March.
Earlier on March 23, the US military stationed in the Red
Sea conducted airstrikes on Yemen's northern province of Saada, according to
Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
The strikes targeted areas around the province's namesake
central city, Saada, a stronghold of the Houthis, the television reported,
without providing further details.
The airstrikes followed claims by the Houthis, made a few
hours earlier, that they had launched fresh attacks on the USS Harry S. Truman
aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea and the Ben Gurion airport in central
Israel. The latter attack was reportedly intercepted by the Israeli army.
The exchanges of fire took place amid an ongoing air
campaign launched by US forces in mid-March against Houthi-controlled
territories in Yemen. The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen
after a civil war since 2014, has vowed to continue striking Israeli targets in
solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and to respond to what it describes as
"American aggression."
