Yemen’s Iran-backed Hessey rebels said Sunday that they attacked a group of American airlines in the Red Sea and would target U.S. commercial vessels.
The Hesey Ministry of Health said most of the dead were women and children.
“In response to this aggression, the armed forces conducted military operations … against the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry Truman and its accompanying warships,” the group said in a statement.
Hetis said they fired 18 missiles and a drone on a U.S. ship.
There is no immediate comment on the claim in the United States.
Hess Ministry of Health spokesman Anis al-Asbahi said earlier that Saturday’s attack on the rebel-controlled capital Sanaa and Sada, Al Bayeda and Rada caused at least 31 people and injured 101 people, mostly women and children.
U.S. officials vowed to strike further Sunday until Hertis stopped offensively from the Red Sea Shipping.
The United Nations urges both sides to stop “all military activities.”
Since the ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip on January 19, the rebels have not launched attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden before launching attacks on carriers.
However, on Tuesday, Hetis said they would resume attacks on Israel’s shutdown on Israel’s humanitarian aid to Gaza.
In a televised speech later Sunday, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Huthi added U.S. freight ships to the target “as long as the aggression continues.” He called for one million against Yemen on Monday.
“If the U.S. aggression against our country continues, we will take other escalation options,” he said.
– “Overwhelming power” –
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told ABC News that Saturday’s strike “targets multiple Hosey leaders and takes them out.”
“We just hit them with overwhelming force and noticed that enough is enough,” he told Fox News.
Pete Hegseth, the head of the Pentagon, vowed to “ruthless” missile movement until Hosey’s attack stopped.
“I want to be very clear that the sport is about freedom of navigation and the freedom to restore deterrence,” Hegseth said in a televised Fox Business interview.
“Hess said, ‘We will stop shooting at your drone when we’re going to stop shooting at your drone,’ the event will end. But until then, it will be relentless.”
Centcom, the U.S. Central Command, said it had conducted “massive actions” against the Hess.
Witnesses in Yemen, a country that has suffered years of war, said they were surprised by the intensity of the attack on Sunday.
The footage on Huthi Media shows the children a child, including a sleepy girl with a bandage wrapped around her black legs and a woman receiving treatment in a hospital.
A father of two named Ahmed: “I lived in Sanaa for 10 years and heard shelling throughout the war. God, I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” he said.
Trump posted on social media to swear to end Hess’ attacks “using overwhelming deadly forces” and rebels expressed solidarity with Palestinians during the Gaza war.
“For all Houthi terrorists, your time has come and your attacks have to start today. He said.
“Support for Iran: Support for Houthi terrorists must end immediately!” Trump added.
Huthis, who had long complained about marginalization, occupied Sanaa in September 2014, forcing the government to flee the South and leave the rebels that controlled much of Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition began a military campaign against Hetis in March 2015, and the Yemen Data Project, an independent tracker, involved more than 25,000 air strikes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the death of a U.S. strike on Saturday and said Washington has no “authority” to decide Tehran’s foreign policy.
– “Full Preparation” –
The Politburo of Hertis said its “power is fully prepared to face escalation.”
They have launched numerous drone and missile attacks on ships on these two major waterways and have previously targeted U.S. warships.
Since October 19, 2023, the Yemen conflict observation database, established by nonprofit monitor ACLED, shows 136 Huthi attacks on warships, commercial vessels, Israel and other targets.
Important trade routes usually account for 12% of world transport traffic, but the Hosey attack forced many companies to fall into expensive detours across southern Africa.
Hamas of the Palestinian Group praised Huthi’s support, whose strike was “a serious violation of international law, an attack on sovereignty and stability against the country”.
“Iran will not launch a war, but if anyone threatens it will give an appropriate, decisive and certain response.”
The United States has launched several rounds of strikes against Hossi’s target.
Israel also attacked Yemen after the Hessey missiles blaze on Israel’s territory.
Fights in Yemen’s own war have been largely shelved since the 2022 ceasefire, but the promised peace process has stalled in the face of Huthi’s transport attacks.
This war killed hundreds of thousands of people directly or indirectly through diseases such as diseases, putting Yemen into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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