Houthis claim attacks on aircraft carrier group after US strikes in Yemen

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes.

The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the “aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships” in the Red Sea, before hours later claiming to have fired a second round.

There was no immediate comment from the United States about the Houthis’ claimed attacks.

In a statement posted to Telegram on Monday, a Houthi spokesperson said the attacks on the carrier group were “in retaliation to the continued American aggression against our country”.

Washington has vowed to keep striking Yemen until the rebels stop attacking Red Sea shipping, with President Donald Trump warning he will use “overwhelming lethal force”.

“This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring deterrence. The minute the Houthis say ‘We’ll stop shooting at your ships, we’ll stop shooting at your drones’, this campaign will end,” Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures. “But until then, it will be unrelenting.”