The armed Houthi group announced, on Wednesday, that it had targeted a ship in the Red Sea that was heading to the Israeli occupation.

The military spokesman for the Houthi group, Yahya Saree, said in a statement published on his account on the “X” platform: “The naval forces of the armed forces (affiliated with the Houthis) carried out a targeting operation against the CMA CGM TAGE ship, which was heading To the ports of occupied Palestine.”

He added, “The targeting operation came after the ship’s crew refused to respond to calls from the Yemeni naval forces, including fiery warning messages,” without mentioning the weapon used or the results of the targeting operation.