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06/13/2024June 13, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis attack commercial ship in Red Sea
Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack on a Greek-owned commercial ship near the Red Sea rebel-held port of Hodeida.
The attack involved the use of a boat loaded with explosives, ballistic missiles and drones that seriously damaged the vessel.
“The impact of the [unmanned surface vessel] caused severe flooding and damage to the engine room,” the US Central Command said regarding the attack.
in the Red Sea corridor, one of the most important maritime trade routes in the world, ever since the following Hamas’ October 7 attack into Israel.
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06/13/2024June 13, 2024
US determined to ‘close the deal’ on Gaza cease-fire plan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US would continue to work with regional partners to in Gaza after Hamas asked for changes to the plan.
Blinken said that a truce between warring parties in Gaza and a was still possible, as he wrapped up his eighth diplomatic trip to the Middle East on Wednesday.
Blinken said some of the changes proposed by Hamas, considered a terrorist group by many countries, “are workable and some are not.”
In a statement on Thursday, Hamas said that while US officials have said Israel has accepted a cease-fire proposal outlined by President Joe Biden on May 31, “we have not heard any Israeli official confirm this acceptance.”
The proposal laid out by Biden at the end of May was endorsed by the UN Security Council at the beginning of this week, putting pressure on both Israel and Hamas to agree to it without conditions.
mf/rm (Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
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