Houthis target Israel's Eilat region with missiles

Yemen's Houthis have targeted a tanker in the Red Sea and Israel's Eilat region, according to the group's military spokesperson. 

Yahya Saree said on Tuesday that the Houthis targeted tanker Mado with naval missiles, and Eilat with winged missiles.

Mado is a Marshall-Islands flagged LPG tanker which was heading to Singapore from Saudi Arabia, according to maritime shipping trackers. The Houthis said it was American. 

The de-facto leaders in Yemen have launched attacks on global shipping in the Red Sea since November, as an act of solidarity towards Palestinians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment.