"The armed forces targeted the Israeli ship, MSC UNIFIC, in the Gulf of Aden," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
The group also attacked "military targets" of the Israeli city of Eilat with drones, he added.
The spokesman reiterated that the group will continue attacking Israeli targets until the war on Gaza stops.
Meanwhile, the US Central Command said its forces had destroyed two drones and one unmanned boat in the Red Sea in the past 24 hours, according to a statement on social media platform X.
Earlier in the day, the Houthi television reported that the US-British naval coalition conducted two airstrikes against the Hodeidah airport in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.
Last November, the Houthis began to launch anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones targeting what they said were Israeli-linked ships transiting the Red Sea to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech last week that his group had targeted "a total of 166 ships linked to Israel, US, and Britain."
In response, the US-British naval coalition stationed in the waters has since January conducted air raids and missile strikes against Houthi targets to deter the group, but this only led to an expansion of Houthi attacks to include US and British commercial and military ships.
US and British warplanes launched a fresh airstrike in Hajjah province in northwestern Yemen on Sunday, the Houthi group said.
The attack targeted the Baha’is area in the province, the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah television reported.
No details were provided about casualties or damage.
There was no comment yet from the US or Britain on the Houthi claim.
Since the beginning of 2024, a coalition led by the US has been conducting airstrikes that it said are targeting Houthi locations in parts of Yemen in response to attacks by the group in the Red Sea. The counterattacks have been occasionally met with retaliation from the group.
In solidarity with the Gaza Strip, where nearly 38,600 people have been killed in relentless Israeli attacks since last October, the Houthis targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, expressing determination to continue operations until the end of the war on the enclave.
With the intervention of Washington and London and an escalation of tensions, the Houthis announced that they now consider all American and British ships as military targets.
