
File photo: A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea. AP
US Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
It said the facilities that were hit were used in attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. US Navy and Air Force aircraft also destroyed a Houthi coastal radar site, seven cruise missiles and UAVs over the Red Sea, it said.
The Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at Israel, as well as attacking shipping in the Red Sea corridor — attacks they say won’t stop until Israel agrees to a ceasefire in its deadliest-ever war on Gaza.
The Houthis' media office said Tuesday that 10 airstrikes hit the May 22 facility in Sanaa’s northern Thurah district and two more hit the Aradi facility, which houses the rebels’ defence ministry in central Sanaa.
Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam called the strikes "an American aggression" and "a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state and a blatant support for Israel."
The rebels said earlier Tuesday that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile launched from the country.
The rebels also said they had attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, AFP reported. There was no immediate comment from the US military.
Late on Monday, the Israeli military said it had shot down a missile launched from Yemen before it crossed into Israeli territory.
The Houthis, who control much of war-torn Yemen, have been firing missiles and drones at Israel, and at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, in solidarity with Palestinians suffering under nearly 15 months of Israeli war on Gaza.
Last week, Israeli fighter jets launched intense strikes on Yemen that killed four people at Sanaa international airport, where the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was waiting for a flight.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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