Israel-Palestine Escalation
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Egypt Concerned Over Escalation of Tensions in Red Sea

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Thursday, the US Central Command announced that the Houthis had attacked commercial vessels in the Red Sea 27 times since November 19. The Houthis had previously revealed plans to prevent the passage of ships affiliated with or bound for Israel in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea until the latter's military actions in Gaza end.
Egypt is concerned over the escalation of the situation in the Red Sea amid Western strikes in Yemen's territory and is calling on the parties concerned to reduce the degree of tension in the region, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

"The Arab Republic of Egypt expressed its deep concern over the escalation of military operations in the Red Sea region and the air strikes that targeted a number of sites inside the Republic of Yemen, calling for the necessity of concerted international and regional efforts in order to de-escalate tension and reduce regional instability, including the security of navigation in the Red Sea," the ministry said in a statement on social media.

People are take to the streets of the Yemeni Red Sea city of Hudeida, to condemn the overnight US and British forces strikes on Huthi rebel-held cities, on January 12, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 13.01.2024
US Conducts Follow-up Strike in Yemen Against Houthi 'Radar Site'
In the early hours of Friday, the US and UK military carried out 23 airstrikes on targets in four provinces in different parts of Yemen, including the capital of Sanaa and the cities of Al Hudaydah, Taizz and Sadah, local government sources told Sputnik. Later in the day, the US Air Forces Central said that US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen had hit more than 60 targets in 16 different locations.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria later said that the US and the UK had carried out 73 strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, killing five fighters and injuring six others. A member of Houthis' high political council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, described the Western attacks as "barbaric terrorism" and "deliberate and unjustified aggression."
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