The group says one of its attacks was on the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower - but US officials have disputed the claim, according to Reuters. The ship is reportedly already on its way back to the States following an eight-month deployment.
Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have attacked two more ships in the Red Sea, but US officials have labelled one of the claims false. The group targeted a commercial vessel travelling through the Gulf of Aden - a stretch of water linking the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea - late on Friday. The captain of the Transworld Navigator ship saw 'explosions in the vicinity of the vessel,' the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said.
According to the US Naval Institute's news service, officials in the States had already ordered the Eisenhower to return to American waters to bring its eight-month tour to an end. The Eisenhower has repeatedly been the subject of false attack claims during its time in the Red Sea, which has involved its most intense combat since the Second World War, the US Navy has said.
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