Yemen's Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier in Red Sea

Yemen's Houthis claim to have hit a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea in response to American and British raids on their country.

In a statement, the Iran-allied movement said that the "missile force and the naval force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier 'Eisenhower' in the Red Sea".

"The operation was carried out with a number of winged and ballistic missiles, the hit was accurate and direct, thanks to Allah," they said.

They said the earlier strikes on the Yemeni city of Hodeidah had left 16 people dead.

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