Houthis claim rocket attacks at Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, US warship

SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group launched rockets overnight towards Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and a US aircraft carrier, said the group's spokesperson on Tuesday.

"The first operation targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic ballistic missile," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, adding that the second operation targeted a power station south of Jerusalem with a ballistic missile.

Israeli media on Monday night reported that the two rockets launched from Yemen were intercepted over the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, showing footage of shrapnel littered on the streets.

The Houthi military spokesperson also said that the group launched "successful" overnight rocket and drone attacks at the US aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman.

Late Monday night, the US-led navy coalition conducted two airstrikes on Houthi targets in the At-Tuhayta district in southern Hodeidah province, the Houthi al-Masirah TV reported.

The US side is yet to comment on the incident.

The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen, has been launching regular rocket and drone attacks against Israel and disrupting "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023, to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The Houthi group has recently intensified rocket and drone attacks at the US military presence in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.