video Share with X It claims to have footage of the US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on fire after a Houthi attack.
Yemen was attacked by Eisenhower, ships loaded with warhead missiles came on board and the impact was precise and direct.
If the video stops, the EEUU will remain silent. Surely, the victims of war crimes will suffer a great humiliation to the power of paper. pic.twitter.com/OH6ZLfr9Mw— Adel El Zabayar (@Zabayar) June 2, 2024
Verdict: False
The video shows the aftermath of a Houthi attack on a United Arab Emirates (UAE) naval vessel.
Fact check:
Houthi rebels claimed to have targeted the Eisenhower for a second time on June 1, according to Reuters, who reported that the rebels also claimed to have targeted a US destroyer and three other ships.
Social media users have shared videos of a ship on fire, claiming it is the Eisenhower.
““Yemen attacked the aircraft carrier Eisenhower. It was carried out with a ballistic cruise missile, the hit was precise and direct. The video was released, but the US remains silent. If confirmed, the barefoot warriors will have inflicted the greatest humiliation on a nation that is on the edge of collapse,” one user wrote.
However, this claim is false: Through reverse image and keyword searches, Check Your Fact has determined that the video likely shows the HSV Swift, a UAE ship that was attacked by Houthis in October 2016. The Washington Post.
Watching the news about the Merlin Luanda fire reminded me of this video from 2016
Ansara Allah (“Houthi”) launched an operation targeting UAE-operated naval vessels with anti-ship missiles 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HcfK8ODCgU
— Deeeeeee (@revolutionaryem) January 26, 2024
This video was posted in January 2024, video and image A photo posted to X in October 2016 of the Swift on fire after being attacked by Houthi rebels. (Related article: Was the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower under attack by the Houthis?)
#United Arab Emirates The naval vessel HSV-2 Swift was targeted by Houthi anti-ship missiles. #Yemen.
https://t.co/mBPzb1LOAZ pic.twitter.com/USKROYUwjp— Military Advisor (@miladvisor) October 1, 2016
Original #HSV #Quick It survived a horrific attack off the coast of Yemen, but in less than stellar condition. A credit to its aluminium construction? pic.twitter.com/AIhWUDzI82
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) October 5, 2016
A Pentagon spokesman told Check Your Facts that claims the Houthis targeted the Eisenhower and attacked a destroyer were false. The Swift was not destroyed in the attack, but it was heavily damaged, the Pentagon said. Mercury.
The image of Swift was taken in January 2021 and later XIt shows the damage done to the ship.
A former HSV-2 Swift moored at Ampelakia, Salamina Island, Greece. In July 2015, the vessel #United Arab Emirates The National Marine Dredging Company vessel was used to transport aid through the Bab al-Mandab Strait. On October 1, 2016, the vessel was damaged in a Houthi attack off the coast of Yemen. pic.twitter.com/s5UVeg4bUF
— Naval Analysis (@D__Mitch) April 26, 2021
The ship appears to have been sold to a Greek company called SeaJets in 2017. War Zone.
