SANAA/ADEN - Yemen's Houthi group has targeted a US aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea for the third time in the past 48 hours, as the US military launched fresh airstrikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, said the group on Tuesday.

"We targeted the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea with two cruise missiles and two drones," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

He also said that his group carried out another attack by launching "a cruise missile and four drones at an American destroyer" in the Red Sea.

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"We affirm that we will not stop targeting all hostile targets in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea until the aggression against our country stops," said the spokesman, referring to the continuing US airstrikes on Houthi targets.

On Monday, the US military conducted fresh airstrikes on targets in and around Sanaa and the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, according to al-Masirah TV.

Over the past two days, dozens of military sites and residential houses have been targeted and bombed by US fighter jets across Sanaa and several other northern and western provinces under Houthi control.

According to the latest statement from the Houthi-run health authority, the death toll from the US airstrikes over the past two days has increased to 53, including five children and two women.

US President Donald Trump has vowed to continue air attacks until the Houthis stop attacking international shipping lines and ships.

Earlier on Monday, Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi warned that maritime routes will remain a persistent source of regional tension as long as Houthi forces maintain control over Yemen's coastal territories.

The statement came during Al-Alimi's meeting with French Ambassador to Yemen Catherine Corm-Kammoun in the southern port city of Aden, where they discussed recent developments in the region, particularly the ongoing Houthi attacks on international shipping lanes, according to the state-run Saba News Agency.

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Al-Alimi underscored the need for the international community to adopt "punitive measures against the Houthi militias", stressing that "the only way to end terrorist threats is through supporting the Yemeni government, a United Nations member, in restoring state institutions and asserting authority over all its territories".

He also emphasized Yemen's role as a strategic partner in securing maritime traffic and upholding international peace and security.

The Houthis now control most of the northern areas, including Sanaa and the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeidah. The internationally recognized Yemeni government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022, mainly controls the southern and eastern regions, with Aden serving as the temporary capital.

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Last week, the Houthi group announced that it would resume launching attacks against any Israeli ship in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab Strait until the crossings of the Gaza Strip are reopened and aid allowed in.

Since November 2023, the Houthi group has launched dozens of drone and rocket attacks against Israel-linked ships and Israeli cities to show solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Gaza violence. The attacks later expanded to include US and British ships after the US-British navy coalition started to intervene, launching air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets to deter the group.