Yemen’s Armed Forces have announced carrying out a preemptive strike against a United States aircraft carrier deployed off the Arab Peninsula country’s coastline as part of Washington’s continued support for the Israeli regime, besides confirming escalation of their operations against Israeli targets, Press TV reported.
Spokesman Yahya Saree announced the developments in a statement on Wednesday, saying the forces had, for the fourth time within 72 hours, conducted a “joint operation” against USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.
The operation came after the troops “monitored hostile military movements in the Red Sea in preparation for a large-scale aerial attack against Yemen,” he said, adding that several other warships had also been targeted during the strike.
The troops deployed “a number of cruise missiles and drones” against the vessels during the strike, Saree noted.
Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced issuing an executive order that had mandated deployment of “overwhelming lethal force” against the already impoverished nation that had recently resumed a ban on Israeli ships from crossing key maritime regions.
Subsequently, American warplanes conducted extensive raids against purely civilian targets throughout Yemen, claiming the lives of scores of non-combatants.
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