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According to an announcement from the coalition, the strikes hit 18 targets in eight areas. They are the newest effort to cease Houthi assaults towards business ships transiting the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden.

“The United States will not hesitate to take action, as needed, to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways,” Austin mentioned.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militants have mentioned they may goal ships linked to Israel or heading to its ports in response to Israel’s army operations in Gaza. They have launched a minimum of 57 assaults on worldwide delivery since November.

In a Sunday assertion on social media, the Houthis condemned the strikes and mentioned they’d proceed their “military operations against all hostile targets in the Red and Arab Seas.”

On Saturday, U.S. Central Command mentioned the USS Mason warship had efficiently intercepted an anti-ship missile launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. U.S. forces believed the missile was in all probability focusing on a U.S.-owned cargo tanker, the MV Torm Thor, it mentioned, and shot it down with no harm or accidents. In an announcement SundayHouthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a army spokesman, mentioned the group deployed naval missiles focusing on the ship.

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Israel’s battle cupboard mentioned the framework on a doable deal to free the remaining hostages in Gaza late Saturday, as officers reported progress in negotiations held in Paris the day earlier than between Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar, which serves as an middleman for Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned he would convene the battle cupboard once more early this week to approve “operational plans for action” in Rafah, together with the “evacuation of the civilian population.” Israel’s allies and assist businesses have warned towards an offensive in Rafah, a border metropolis within the Gaza Strip the place about 1.4 million Palestinians are crammed with out wherever secure to go.

At least 29,606 folks have been killed in Gaza and 69,737 injured because the battle startedin accordance with the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 folks have been killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault and says 239 troopers have been killed because the begin of its army operation in Gaza.