The military spokesperson for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, announced that they "fired two naval missiles at two ships that were said to be heading to Israel." He stated, "The two ships heading to the Israeli entity were targeted with suitable naval missiles... The operation to target the two ships came after their crews refused to respond to the calls from the Yemeni naval forces as well as the warning messages." Yahya Saree clarified that "the two ships are MSC Alanya and MSC Platium 3."