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View of the plane service USS Dwight D. Eisenhower within the japanese Mediterranean Sea, July 1, 2016.
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A declare by Yemen’s Houthi group on Saturday that its forces attacked the US plane service Dwight D. Eisenhower within the Crimson Sea is fake, two US officers advised Reuters.
“That’s incorrect,” stated one of many officers, talking on situation of anonymity.
The Iran-aligned Houthis first launched drone and missile assaults on the principle waterway in November in what they are saying is solidarity with Palestinian militants in Gaza, the place Israel has waged a greater than eight-month struggle.
In additional than 70 assaults, the Houthis have sunk two ships, seized one other and killed at the very least three seafarers.
Earlier, the Houthi group stated its forces had attacked the Eisenhower within the Crimson Sea and that the operation had efficiently achieved its targets with out elaborating. The group additionally stated they attacked a industrial ship, the Transworld Navigator, within the Arabian Sea. It was not said when the assaults happened.
A Houthi assertion stated the Transworld Navigator took a direct hit from a missile.
