Houthis claim responisbility for targeting container ship heading towards Israel

Yemen’s Houthis have claimed responsibility for targeting a container ship which said it was headed for Israel on Wednesday.

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the group targeted the CMA CGM Tage container ship and also warned the US, saying that any attack will not pass without a response or punishment”.

The statement comes three days after US naval forces killed 10 Houthi fighters and sunk three Houthi boats while they said they were responding to the group’s attack on a separate container ship.