The US military announced the withdrawal of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower from the Red Sea after several months of deployment in response to the large-scale attack on Israel by Hamas.
The US Central Command (Centcom) stated on Saturday that the carrier and its strike group are returning to the US.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt and its convoy, currently in the Indo-Pacific, will replace the Eisenhower and are expected to arrive in the Middle East next week.
Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder highlighted that for over seven months, the Eisenhower and its convoy safeguarded ships navigating the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, participated in sailor rescues, and deterred the Houthi militia in Yemen.
The Houthis have been targeting vessels headed for Israeli ports or owned by Israeli companies in the Red and Arabian seas and the Indian Ocean, claiming it as retaliation for Israeli actions in Gaza.
Additionally, the militia attacked US and British ships off Yemen following strikes by these countries on areas under Houthi control.
The US, Britain, and other Western nations have initiated operations to protect ships in the region.
US forces destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels in the Red Sea in the past 24 hours, the CENTCOM said.
Separately, the Houthis launched three anti-ship ballistic missiles into the Gulf of Aden, but there were no injuries or significant damage reported by US, coalition, or merchant vessels, CENTCOM added.
