"The naval forces of the Yemeni armed forces (the group's forces) carried out a military operation," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement.
He explained that the operation "targeted the Israeli oil tanker SCARLET RAY in the northern Red Sea, with a ballistic missile that hit the ship."
Saree added that the operation comes "in victory for the oppressed Palestinian people and their dear mujahideen, and in response to the crimes of genocide and starvation committed by the Zionist enemy against our brothers in the Gaza Strip."
It also represents "a confirmation of the continued ban on Israeli maritime traffic in the Red and Arabian Seas," according to Saree.
He stressed the continuation of "preventing Israeli navigation or navigation bound for occupied Palestinian ports in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea."
He continued: "As well as carrying out more military operations against Israeli enemy targets in occupied Palestine."
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He reiterated that "these operations will not stop until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted."
On Saturday, the Houthis announced the assassination of their prime minister, Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi, and several ministers, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on Sanaa on Thursday.
The following day, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that Tel Aviv had placed Yemen within its "targeting range" and was pursuing a "systematic policy" of assassinating Houthi leaders.
In addition to targeting ships, the Houthis are launching missile and drone attacks on Israel, claiming this is in response to the US-backed genocidal war it has been waging against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
The Israeli genocide left 63,459 Palestinians dead, 160,256 injured, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that killed 339 Palestinians, including 124 children.
