US aircraft carrier hit by missiles, Houthis say

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's armed Houthi group said in a statement on Saturday that it had launched ballistic missiles at the US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the northern Red Sea.

"The missile force in our armed forces carried out an operation targeting the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the northern Red Sea with several ballistic and cruise missiles, and the operation achieved its goals successfully," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

However, two US officials told Reuters the Houthi claim is false. "That is incorrect," one of the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.