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Cairo Plans to Rebuild Gaza Without Displacing Palestinians

CrossFireArabia
February 2, 2025

Egypt said Sunday that it has a “clear vision” regarding the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip without displacing Palestinians from the territory.

“The Egyptian efforts regarding Gaza are ongoing and will not stop with regard to implementing the specific requirements of the ceasefire agreement in its three stages,” Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told a news conference in Cairo with his Djiboutian counterpart Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.

“We have a clear vision for rebuilding the Gaza Strip without any citizen leaving his land,” he added.

Trump suggested last weekend that Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated to Egypt and Jordan, calling the enclave a “demolition site” after Israel’s war. His proposal, however, was vehemently rejected by Cairo and Amman.

A six-nation Arab ministerial meeting in Cairo on Saturday firmly rejected Palestinian displacement from Gaza and renewed calls for implementing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Trump’s proposal came after a ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on Jan. 19, suspending Israel’s genocidal war that has killed nearly 47,500 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 111,000 since Oct. 7, 2023.

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The top Egyptian diplomat said there is no justification for military escalation in the Red Sea after the Gaza ceasefire.

“We stress the need to enhance the security of the Red Sea and freedom of maritime navigation, and we reject any military presence of any country that does not border the Red Sea,” he added.

Tension has begun to ease in the Red Sea after the Gaza ceasefire deal. During the Gaza war, Yemen’s Houthi group carried out drone and missile attacks on Israeli cargo ships or ones linked with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea in a show of support for the Palestinian enclave.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met early Sunday with the Djiboutian foreign minister to discuss bilateral cooperation and the latest developments in Somalia and the Red Sea region, the presidency said in a statement.

Tension escalated between Ethiopia and Somalia originated in January 2024, when Addis Ababa signed an agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to use the Red Sea port of Berbera. Since then, Türkiye has actively mediated to ease tensions between the two nations.

Egypt and Ethiopia are already locked in a decade-long dispute over the construction of a dam project on the Nile River, which Cairo fears will drastically reduce its share from the Nile water. Ethiopia says that the dam is vital for its development process according to Anadolu.

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Yemeni Missile Forces ‘Millions of Israelis’ Down to Shelters

CrossFireArabia
December 24, 2024

The Israeli army claimed on Tuesday to have intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, marking the third attack by the Houthi group within a week.

A military statement said air-raid sirens were activated in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, after rocket fire from Yemen.

The army said the missile was shot down before entering Israeli airspace by the long-range Arrow air defense system.

Breaking: In response to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Yemeni Forces strike Zionist cult targets in occupied Palestine with ballistic missiles. pic.twitter.com/TtoAssrKeI
— Iran Military (@IRIran_Military) December 24, 2024

According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, “millions of Israelis” ran to shelters after air-raid sirens were activated in central Israel.

An Israeli woman was seriously injured while running to a shelter, KAN said.

There was no comment from the Houthi group on the Israeli claim.

On Monday, the Yemeni group said that it launched two combat drones towards military targets in Jaffa and Ashkelon in Israel.

The attack came two days after at least 20 Israelis were injured on Saturday when a missile launched from Yemen landed in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in central Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to act against the Houthis in Yemen.

According to Israeli media, the Houthis have launched over 200 ballistic missiles and 170 drones at Israeli targets since the outbreak of the Gaza war last October.

The Houthis have targeted Israeli cargo ships or those associated with Tel Aviv in the Red Sea with missiles and drones in a show of support with the Gaza Strip, where over 45,300 people have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since Oct. 7, 2023 according to Anadolu.

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Bloomberg: Yemen Caused Bankruptcy of Eilat Port

CrossFireArabia
September 7, 2024

According to Bloomberg, the bankruptcy of Israel’s Eilat port is attributed to the Yemeni resistance’s blockade of ships attempting to aid Israel amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza according to the Quds News Network.

According to Bloomberg, the bankruptcy of Israel's Eilat port is attributed to the Yemeni resistance's blockade of ships attempting to aid Israel amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Despite efforts by the U.S.-UK coalition to counter Yemen's blockade in the Red Sea, Eilat port… pic.twitter.com/FfUqeCgi1c
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 7, 2024

Despite efforts by the U.S.-UK coalition to counter Yemen’s blockade in the Red Sea, Eilat port remains largely out of service to this day.

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How Houthis Changed Global Trade Routes

CrossFireArabia
June 14, 2024

According to US intelligence sources, Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red and Arabian Seas has affected the interests of at least 65 countries as reported by Al Jazeera.

#عاجل | وكالة استخبارات الدفاع الأمريكية:
– هجمات الحوثيين أثرت على مصالح 65 دولة على الأقل
– 29 شركة كبرى للطاقة والشحن عدلت مسار سفنها لتفادي هجماتهم
– تضرر 19 سفينة جراء هجمات الحوثيين بين نوفمبر ومارس الماضيين
– هجمات الحوثيين تستمر في تمثيل تهديد متنام في المنطقة#حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/hfX45vvQ6O
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) June 13, 2024

The attacks also affected the interests of 29 mega energy and cargo companies because of the needed rerouting from the Yemen’s Bab El Mandeb, to going around the Cope of Good Hope on the tip of Southern Africa.

The satellite channel pointed out 19 ships were damaged by such attacks between November 2023 till last March.

🚨Bab el Mandeb au Yémen et le détroit d'Ormuz en Iran…. https://t.co/qPO9uWw47x pic.twitter.com/tANkTiJ6y3
— Hamo (@hamo31000) April 13, 2024

And today, the Houthi attacks continue and are seen as a major security challenge to world trade and free shipping. But the Houthis have also maintained that from the start, they would only target ships bound for Eilat and other Israeli ports.

Since the attacks started however, 100s of ships have been diverted from the narrow Bab El Mandeb on the corner tip of Yemen to the Cape of Good Hope which has tremendously affected global trade.

How global trade routes changed from the Red Sea to the Cape of Good Hope around Africa after Ansarullah attacks on Israeli ships and Israel's allies pic.twitter.com/xHYEwPADj9
— S p r i n t e r F a m i l y (@SprinterFamily) April 12, 2024

The Red Sea route used to be busy accounting for 12 percent of world trade going through the Suez Canal and which is estimated to be worth $1 trillion each year. As well, 10 percent of the world’s energy supplies go through the narrow Yemeni straits.