Houthis claim responsibility for strikes against US ships: report

Houthi militants in Yemen are claiming responsibility for a new attack against US warships in the Red Sea. The terror group claimed in a statement published by the Jerusalem Post late Tuesday that they had attacked the USS Harry S.Truman aircraft carrier and several US warships in the Red Sea.Early Wednesday local time, the Houthis said they had targeted a US vessel and Israeli military locations using drones.Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Defense for comment.The Houthis have claimed repeatedly this month to have attacked the Truman and its warship in response to US attacks on Yemen, but offered no evidence to support their claim of retaliation.The US military had shot down several Houthi drones a short time before the group’s claim.The latest claims come after several Trump administration officials discussed plans for a forthcoming military strike against the Houthis in a group chat on the encrypted messaging service Signal in which they mistakenly added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, who said he received a request to join the group on March 11 from what appeared to be the president’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.The group, called “Houthi PC Small Group,” featured top Trump officials discussing what turned out to be an upcoming attack on the Houthis, as many are criticizing the group chat as a massive breach of national security and note that senior officials are not supposed to discuss detailed military plans outside special secure facilities or protected government communications networks.Goldberg reported that 18 people were listed in the group, including Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.The article noted that officials were discussing “war plans,” and Goldberg said he elected not to publish some of th...