SANAA (Dispatches) -- 
Yemen’s fighters said they targeted two U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea, along with the vessel Cyclades and the MSC Orion in the Indian Ocean, their military spokesman Yahya Sarea announced in a televised speech early on Tuesday.
For months, Yemeni forces have conducted attacks on shipping lanes, in what they say is in support of Palestinians in the war in Gaza.
Portugal-flagged MSC Orion was sailing between the ports in Sines, Portugal and Salalah, Oman and its registered owner is Zodiac Maritime, according to LSEG data.
Zodiac is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.  
Yemeni forces have launched repeated drone and missile strikes in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden since November.
In March, Yemen’s Ansarullah leader said the group was expanding its attack area to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean toward the Cape of Good Hope.
The Yemeni forces also targeted the Cyclades commercial vessel as well as two U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea, its spokesman said in a televised address early on Tuesday.
British maritime security firm Ambrey reported earlier that a Malta-flagged container ship on Monday said it was targeted by three missiles while en route from Djibouti to the Saudi city of Jeddah. The Yemenis aid the Cyclades was on that route when they attacked the vessel.
Ambrey assessed that the ship was targeted due to its listed operator’s ongoing trade with Israel, it said in an advisory note.
The United States and Britain have carried out strikes against Yemeni targets in retaliation for their attacks on vessels.
Yemen’s top policy-making body on Tuesday issued a stern warning to the United States that any move aimed at destabilizing the Arab country would lead to massive chaos in the region, especially in key waterways surrounding Yemen.
Yemen’s Supreme Political Council said in a statement that consequences of any military action by the U.S. and allies targeting Yemen would spread well beyond the borders of the Arab country.
The council warned that launching
 a large-scale military action against Yemen will not cause any change in the country’s staunch support for Palestine and its opposition to nearly seven months of Israeli aggression on Gaza that has martyred 34,500 Palestinians.
Yemen has been a key element of a regional campaign targeting Israeli and U.S. interests, which seeks an end to the brutal war on Gaza.
The Yemenis have either seized or launched drone and missile attacks on ships linked to the Zionist regime, the U.S. or Britain that have been sailing in regional waters in recent months. Attacks have also been launched from Yemen on ports controlled by the Israeli regime since October, when Israel started its war on Gaza.
Ansarullah has reiterated that attacks on shipping will continue until Israel completely stops its aggression on Gaza.
The Sunday statement by Yemen came after Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper said in a report that the U.S. was preparing a large-scale aerial offensive against Yemen.