Yemen's Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Thursday that the group launched fresh attacks against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea early Thursday morning, and had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone over the Yemeni western province of Hodeidah.

In a televised statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, Sarea said several cruise missiles and drones targeted the aircraft carrier and escorting warships in response to the U.S. aggression on the group's positions across northern Yemen.

"The American enemy launched a blatant aggression against our country in the past few hours with more than 36 airstrikes targeting several locations in the capital Sanaa, and Saada, resulting in human losses," he said, without providing a specified number of casualties.

"We will continue to target all U.S. warships and all sources of threat in the Red Sea," he vowed.

There were no comments yet from the U.S. Central Command.

In an earlier statement on Thursday, Sarea said Houthis had shot down a second U.S. MQ-9 drone over the western province of Hodeidah after it intercepted one on Tuesday over the central province of Marib.

On Tuesday, Houthis released footage showing an MQ-9 drone crashing after being hit by a guided missile. The U.S. military did not comment.

Tensions have escalated between the Yemen-based Houthi armed group and the U.S. military since the latter resumed airstrikes on the group's positions across northern Yemen on March 15, following the Houthi rocket attacks on Israel after the Gaza ceasefire deal collapsed. 

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