File photo: Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree. AFP
"The waterways are safe for all international ships except Israeli ones," Abdulmalik Alejri, a member of the Huthi political bureau, told AFP.
"Israel is not part of the agreement, it only includes American and other ships," he said.
On Tuesday, Oman said it had facilitated an agreement between Washington and the Yemeni group that "neither side will target the other... ensuring freedom of navigation" in the Red Sea.
US President Donald Trump had trumpeted the deal, saying the Houthis had "capitulated" after seven weeks of intense strikes aimed at stopping their attacks on shipping.
"They just don't want to fight. And we will honour that and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated," Trump said during a White House press appearance.
"They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that's... the purpose of what we were doing."
The deal was revealed after a Houthi missile strike on Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday.
Israeli raids on Tuesday killed seven and closed Sanaa airport.
The Houthis, who have controlled large swathes of Yemen for more than a decade, began firing on Israel-linked shipping in November 2023,in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
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