The US military has reported that it targeted a drone control station and up to 10 unmanned drones in Yemen that were preparing to launch, posing an imminent threat to US vessels and the US Navy ships in the region.
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Welcome to our latest blog on the Middle East crisis. I’m Reged Ahmad and I’ll be with you for the next while. It’s 7:45am in Gaza and Tel Aviv and 8:44am in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.
A senior Hamas official has revealed that the group is considering a new ceasefire proposal and the release of hostages in Gaza, following talks with Israel and mediators. Israel’s military continues to operate in the central and northern Gaza Strip, conducting targeted raids on terrorist infrastructure and eliminating dozens of terrorists.
The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has declared that the country is not afraid of war with the US, while security forces in Sweden have discovered a suspicious object at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm.
Reports from Israeli media indicate that several protesters have been detained by police at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, and the EU foreign policy chief is hopeful that a decision on which member state could lead the forthcoming EU mission to protect vessels in the Red Sea could be made later in the day.
The head of Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd shipping company has expressed skepticism about the disruption to Red Sea voyages caused by Yemen’s Houthis ending anytime soon.
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