Yemen’s Huthi rebels said on Wednesday that overnight air strikes on Hodeida province killed four people in an attack they blamed on the United States.

“The casualty toll of the American aggression targeting the Water Management building in… Hodeida governorate… rose to four martyrs and three wounded,” said Huthi health ministry spokesman Anees Alasbahi, updating an earlier toll of three dead.

Huthi media had reported US strikes on areas controlled by the Iran-backed rebels, including water infrastructure in Hodeida, and three strikes in the northwestern region of Hajjah.

Strikes also hit the group’s northern stronghold of Saada.

The United States has not confirmed it carried out these strikes.

But US President Donald Trump has vowed that attacks on Yemen’s Huthis would continue until they are no longer a threat to shipping.

Early Wednesday, Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman for “the third time in 24 hours”.

His statement came just as Washington said it was increasing the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East to two, keeping the Truman and sending another from the Indo-Pacific.

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