The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a statement broadcast on television today, Friday, that they "launched a missile attack on the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea in response to American and British strikes on the provinces of Sana'a, Hodeidah, and Taiz in Yemen." The statement continued: "In response to these crimes and as part of the retaliation against the American-British aggression, and continuing to support the plight of the Palestinian people, the missile and naval forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea, executing the operation with several cruise and ballistic missiles."