DUBAI, January 10. /TASS/. Yemen-based Houthi rebels from the Ansar Allah movement have attacked a pro-Israel US ship with drones as well as with ballistic and anti-ship missiles, movement spokesman Yahya Sarea said.

"The navy, missile troops and unmanned aviation of Yemen’s armed forces have carried out a joint operation using a large number of drones and ballistic and anti-ship missiles, delivering a strike on an American ship providing support to a Zionist formation (Israel - TASS)," the military official told the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV channel.

Sarea stressed that the operation was a "preliminary response to a treacherous attack" by the US on December 31 when the Houthi rebels opened fire and attempted to board a container ship run by the Danish shipping company Maersk and US Navy helicopters sank three of their boats. According to the spokesman, ten members of the Ansar Allah movement were killed.