The Yemeni Houthi group claimed on June 22 that its forces had attacked the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea. The announcement came shortly after US officials reportedly ordered the USS Eisenhower to return home.The Eisenhower was rushed to the region in the days following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. The US warship ended its deployment to the Red Sea on June 22 and will briefly reposition to the Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon announced the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt would follow the Eisenhower, heading to Middle East waters. However, two unnamed US officials termed the Houthi claim about the strike on the US aircraft carrier as “false and incorrect,” Reuters reported. The US military’s Central Command (CENCTOM) also dismissed as “categorically false” recent claims about a successful attack on USS Eisenhower.
