ADEN, Yemen, April 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. military forces conducted multiple airstrikes targeting Houthi positions on Yemen's Kamaran island in the Red Sea early Sunday, according to Houthi media outlets.

The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television network reported that five separate airstrikes hit various locations on Kamaran, the largest Yemeni island in the Red Sea and part of the Hodeidah province, which has been under Houthi control for more than a decade.

The report did not specify casualties or the extent of infrastructure damage resulting from the bombardment.

The United States has not issued any immediate statement on the attacks.

The Houthi group said earlier in the day that it had launched a fresh attack on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and its supply ship in the northern Red Sea over the past 24 hours.

On Saturday, U.S. airstrikes targeted a solar energy store and a house in Yemen's northern city of Saada, resulting in the deaths of two individuals and injuries to nine others.

Tensions between the Houthis and the U.S. military have escalated since Washington resumed airstrikes on March 15 by authorizing a "decisive and powerful military action" against Houthi forces. Enditem

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