Yemen's Houthi group says attacking 2 U.S. ships in Gulf of Aden

STORY: Yemen's Houthi group says attacking 2 U.S. ships in Gulf of Aden SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19-20, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: HODEIDAH, Yemen CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: (Courtesy of the Houthi group) 1. various of Houthi missiles shooting down a U.S. drone 2. various of the wreckage of the U.S. drone, on a beach of Hodeidah, western Yemen STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi group announced Monday evening that they launched missile attacks against two U.S. ships in the Gulf of Aden, saying the hits were "accurate." In a televised statement aired by the group's satellite TV channel al-Masirah, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the attacks against American ships, Sea Champion and Navis Fortuna, were "accurate and direct," without specifying the damages or casualties. According to Sarea, the attacks brought the total number of Houthi operations during the past 24 hours to four. The first targeted a British ship resulting in its complete sinking. The second shot down