According to Centcom, the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg “fired in error (…) and hit” an F/A-18 fighter plane on board which were the two US Navy pilots who had taken off from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
Tensions in the Middle East – The United States strikes Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital Sanaa
The United States has set up a multinational naval coalition in the region in response to attacks carried out for months off Yemen by Houthi rebels, who are disrupting traffic in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime zone essential for global trade.
The rebels, who control large swathes of Yemen and are backed by Iran, are targeting ships they believe are linked to Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with the Palestinians amid the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
These attacks have prompted Washington to strike rebel targets in Yemen, sometimes with help from the United Kingdom.
Tensions in the Middle East – United States strikes target in Syria linked to “Iran-backed” group
On Saturday, the United States claimed to have destroyed Houthi military installations in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, a few hours after a shot, claimed by the rebels, left 16 lightly injured in central Israel.
Rebel drones and cruise missiles were also shot down over the Red Sea, according to Centcom.
