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From Fox News: Three U.S. warships came under attack Friday off the coast of Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have disrupted commercial shipping in the region, but no one was hurt, officials said.
The warships shot down nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones while transiting a narrow entrance into the Red Sea. None of the vessels was hit, and no sailors on board were hurt, a U.S. official told Fox News.
The USS Stockdale and USS Spruance, along with a littoral combat ship, the USS Indianapolis, were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait when the naval warships came under attack from a barrage of incoming ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, the officials said.
“We did see a complex attack launched from the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles and waves,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Friday. “My understanding is that those were either engaged in, shot down or failed.”
According to a separate report by CNN, one official described the incident as one of the largest attacks yet on US warships operating in the Middle East.
The Houthis are already taking credit for the attack. CNN writes:
Houthi army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yehya Saree said the vessels were targeted “while they were en route to support and assist the Israeli enemy.” Saree said the attack involved a total of 23 projectiles, including ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, and was launched by the Houthi Navy, Air Force and Missile Force.
Saree asserted the operation resulted in “direct hits,” a claim rejected by the two US officials.
CNN reporter Oren Liebermann shared the following details in a series of social media posts:
The US Navy intercepted a barrage of Houthi ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles in the Red Sea, two defense officials tell CNN. The barrage targeted two destroyers and an LCS that were going through the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
The Houthis said it was the “largest naval operation” they have carried out in “the battle of the Promised Conquest.” They launched a total of 23 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.
The Houthis said it was the “largest naval operation” they have carried out in “the battle of the Promised Conquest.”
They launched a total of 23 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.
— Oren Liebermann (@OrenCNN) September 27, 2024
Though the Houthis claim to have hit the US warships, the US defense officials say all of the launches were either intercepted or missed, and there was no damage to any ships or injuries to crew members.
The ships were the guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Stockdale, as well as the littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis.
The ships were the guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Stockdale, as well as the littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis.
— Oren Liebermann (@OrenCNN) September 27, 2024
US warships come under attack in Red Sea as nearly two dozen incoming missiles and drones shot down https://t.co/0GPtEVBNxA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 27, 2024
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