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Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Yemen's Houthis Say Ready to Let All Vessels Pass Via Red Sea Except Israel-Related Ships

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A day earlier, the United States was reportedly in preliminary talks with its Persian Gulf allies about a possible military operation against Yemen's Houthis amid a growing number of attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
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Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, is ready to allow vessels of all countries pass through the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea except those ships that are related to Israel, a spokesman for the rebel movement said.
"Yemen's armed forces reaffirm their commitment to continue global trade traffic through the Red and Arabian seas for all vessels and all countries except the ships related to Israel or those that will ship cargo to Israel's ports," Yahya Saria said in an announcement aired by Arab broadcasters.
The Houthis would prohibit all vessels going to Israel if the Gaza Strip did not receive food and medical supplies, the spokesman added.
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Since October, the Houthis have conducted multiple missile and drone attacks, threatening civilian infrastructure in Israel and commercial shipping operating in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The attacks have been carried out amid the current hostilities in the Gaza Strip after between Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel that have left 1,200 people killed in Israel and 17,700 in Gaza.