Houthi Yahya Sariya said, "Our armed forces carried out several qualitative military operations, including a joint military operation with the Islamic resistance in Iraq, in which the oil tanker Waller was targeted by multiple drones in the Mediterranean Sea while she was off Haifa. Was heading towards the port." The military spokesman said in a televised statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masira TV on Friday.

"Our naval forces conducted a military operation targeting the US ship Delonix in the Red Sea with multiple ballistic missiles. This operation resulted in a direct attack on the ship," Sariya said.

"We also targeted the ship Johannes Maersk in the Mediterranean Sea with a winged missile and the operation successfully achieved its target," he said, Xinhua news agency reported.

"The operation coincided with another military operation by naval forces in the Red Sea against the ship Lonnis. The ship was targeted by several unmanned boats," he said.

Since November last year, the Houthi group has been carrying out drone and missile strikes in shipping lanes, claiming the actions are in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

In response, the US-British naval coalition deployed in the waters has launched airstrikes and missile strikes against Houthi targets since January to deter the group, but this led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include US and British commercial ships and naval vessels . ,