Sanaa, March 26 -- Yemen's Houthi group said early Wednesday that it had launched fresh attacks on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Red Sea and "military targets" in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

"Our forces launched missile and drone attacks over the past few hours, targeting American warships in the Red Sea, including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, from which the aggression against our country is launched," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. "The confrontation and engagement continued for several hours," he said, vowing to confront the ongoing U.S. airstrikes on Houthi-held areas in northern Yemen.

There was no comment yet from the U.S. military.

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