Yemen’s Houthis and US launch new attacks amid Red Sea shipping threat
The “aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships” had been attacked by fighters, according to a Houthi spokesperson on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the organization. Overnight, the US military claimed to have been targeting the group.
The Iran-aligned group claimed the US navy twice in the past 24 hours as a result of a sudden rise in hostilities. The US launched a number of large-scale attacks on Yemen over the weekend, killing dozens of people and injuring many more than last week when the Houthis announced they would resume targeting Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea due to Israel’s ongoing blockade of Gaza.
The Houthi spokesperson said the attack was “in retaliation to the ongoing American aggression against our country” in a statement posted on Telegram.
The claimed strike has not been counteracted by the US. However, US Central Command stated in a video on X that “forces continue operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.”
About 230 kilometers (143 miles) from Sanaa’s capital, Houthi-backed SABA news agency reported two additional air raids early on Monday around the port city of Hodeidah.
SABA also reported that US forces struck a cancer facility being constructed in the city of Saada on Sunday, causing “widespread destruction,” according to local authorities.
As Israel has bombarded Gaza over the past 18 months, the Houthis, who have the upper hand over the majority of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest nation, have continued to target the busy sea route off Yemen.
A sizable portion of maritime traffic between Asia and Europe had to travel much more slowly around Africa because of the attacks, which had an impact on global trade.
When the Gaza ceasefire was established in January, the group put an end to its drone and missile attacks, which had targeted Israeli-feisted vessels.
The Yemeni organization, however, announced last week that Israel’s renewed blockade of the Palestinian enclave would “resume the ban on the passage of all Israeli ships” in the Red Sea.
President Donald Trump gave the military a command to attack the Houthis on Saturday.
According to the Reuters news agency, the attacks left at least 53 people dead and many others injured, the majority of whom were children and women. North of Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled Saada province was the target of the majority of the 40 raids.
On the news of the Red Sea attacks, oil prices have been rising. The benchmark for global international stocks, the futures, increased by 41 cents, or 0.6%, on Monday to $70.99 per barrel.
Source: Aljazeera
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