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At least 20 ships have been damaged by Houthi attacks. One UK-owned cargo ship sunk. [47] The Red Sea crisis [48] [49] began on 19 October 2023, when the Iran -backed Ansar Allah (Houthi movement) in Yemen launched missiles and armed drones at Israel, demanding an end to the invasion of the Gaza Strip. [50]
The attack on the destroyer was conducted with "an appropriate amount of naval missiles", while a combined attack was launched against Destiny in the Red Sea. The Houthis did not identify the date of the attacks, but the attack on the destroyer likely happened on 13 May, when she intercepted a missile targeting her.
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft), 224,000-ton, 20,000 TEU vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck on opposite canal banks, blocking all traffic until it could be freed.
A missile splashed down in the waters of the Red Sea on Thursday, but caused no damage to a passing commercial vessel in an attack likely carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said. The ...
A ship came under attack Tuesday in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, with a private security firm saying radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck. No group ...
The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34) The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea ( Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized : Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible . It tells of the escape of the Israelites, led by Moses, from ...
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal ). It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the ...
Background For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Attempts to overturn the presidential election Main article: Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Goodyear, Arizona, in October 2020 Joe Biden, of the Democratic Party, defeated incumbent Republican Party president ...