The strikes are aimed at degrading their capability to attack Red Sea shipping.
ABC NEWS
The U.S. launched another retaliatory strike against Houthi militants in Yemen on Friday following Thursday’s large-scale airstrikes, according to a U.S. official.
It was unclear if Friday’s airstrike was part of the ongoing effort to further degrade the Houthi rebels’ ability to attack commercial ships in the Red Sea or a direct response to the launch earlier in the day of an anti-ship fired at a ship in the Gulf of Aden that fell harmlessly into the water.
On Thursday night, the U.S. struck 28 Houthi locations in Yemen associated with the 27 drone and missile attacks targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
U.S. officials said the sites were struck by Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by U.S. Navy destroyers, British warplanes, and U.S. Navy fighter aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower.
Houthi officials had vowed to retaliate against the U.S. following Thursday’s strikes.
