Tehran: Yemen says it has targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Harry S. Truman, in the northern Red Sea for the second time in 24 hours, in response to deadly American airstrikes that targeted several Yemeni provinces. The Yemeni armed forces, in a statement early on Monday, said they had targeted the American aircraft carrier with a number of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones, in an engagement that lasted several hours. According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the Yemeni Armed Forces successfully thwarted a hostile attack that the enemy was preparing to launch against the country. The statement mentioned that enemy warplanes were forced to return to their launch points after a series of missile and drone strikes targeted the aircraft carrier and several of its accompanying warships. The Yemeni armed forces also vowed to continue to confront the United States' aggression and promised to meet escalation with escalation. On Sunday evening, the Yemeni forces reported targeting the USS Harry S. Truman with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as a drone, in response to what they referred to as blatant aggression against their country. The military action came after a deadly incident on Saturday night where at least 53 people, including five children and two women, were killed and 98 more injured following 47 U.S. airstrikes against various locations in Yemeni provinces including Sana'a, Sa'ada, Al-Bayda, Hajjah, Dhamar, Ma'rib, and Al-Jawf. In a separate development, Yemeni news outlets reported that American warplanes had hit the command tower of the confiscated Israeli ship Galaxy Leader off Yemen's coast. The official Saba news agency, citing a military official, reported that the U.S. military struck the command post of the detained Israeli ship on the Red Sea port of Hudaydah with two air strikes. The Yemeni army had confiscated the Galaxy Leader in November 2023 as it began military operations in the Red Sea against Israeli-linked ships in retaliation for Israel's war on Gaza, which started a month earlier. The ship is owned by a British company partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham Ungar and has remained in the Hudaydah port, while its crew members were released in January after a ceasefire in Gaza was established. Last week, with the Gaza ceasefire ending, Yemen issued a four-day ultimatum for Israel to lift its siege on Gaza and allow humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory or face a ban on its vessels passing through the Red and Arabian seas. With the deadline nearing its end on Tuesday, Yemen pledged to enforce what it described as a naval blockade on Israel.