Yemen's Houthis have introduced attacks on 3 ships in the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Sea, the Iranaligned group's military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on Friday.

The attacks are the latest in a months-long campaign of Houthi strikes against local shipping in what the group says is solidarity with Palestinians battling Israel in the Gaza war.

Sarea said in a televised speech that Houthi forces had targeted the Yannis ship in the Red Sea, the Essex in the Mediterranean Sea and MSC Alexandra in the Arabian Sea.

Houthis fired several missiles at the ship Essex in the Mediterranean Sea while it was violating the decision ban that avoids entry into occupied Palestinian ports, Sarea included.

He did not clarify when the attacks happened.

The U.S. Central Command said on Friday that the Houthis had introduced 2 anti-ship ballistic missiles into the Red Sea on May 23, but no injuries or damage were reported.

The Liberia-flagged Essex LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). tanker was anchored off the coast of Egypt's Alexandria port in. the Mediterranean on Friday, shipping data revealed.

The vessel is managed by Zodiac Maritime, which is. controlled by Israeli mogul Eyal Ofer. Zodiac did not. immediately respond to an ask for remark.

In an obvious referral to the Essex, British maritime. security business Ambrey stated in a note that the vessel had. traded in between Alexandria and Port Said, likewise in Egypt, and had. not called at any Israeli port in recent weeks.

The tanker was not further offshore Egypt than 15NM. ( nautical miles) over the previous week. The Houthi language. indicated they did not hit the vessel, Ambrey stated.

While a range of security sources have examined that. Houthi missiles and drones have sufficient range to reach the EMED. ( eastern Med) from Yemen, they have also assessed that union. and local military forces have appropriate air defence systems. to counter this proposed activity, leading global ship registry the. Marshall Islands stated in a security advisory recently.

Previously this month, the leader of Yemen's Houthis, Abdul. Malik al-Houthi had actually said that all ships heading to Israeli ports. would be assaulted by the Iran-backed group, not just those in. the Red Sea region which it has looked for to strike in the past.

The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have released duplicated. drone and missile strikes on ships in the important shipping. channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Gulf. of Aden because November to show their support for the. Palestinians in the Gaza war.

This has required carriers to re-route cargo to longer and. more expensive journeys around southern Africa and has actually stired. fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread out and destabilise the. Middle East.