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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels vowed on Monday to block any Israeli ship from sailing in the Red Sea \u2013 after the terror group claimed responsibility for unleashing a barrage of missiles on Central Israel.<\/p>\n

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Yahya Saree, the group\u2019s spokesperson, claimed \u201csensitive targets belonging to the Israeli enemy in Jaffa\u201d had been struck before announcing the blockade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe announce a complete ban on the enemy\u2019s navigation in the Red Sea and consider any Israeli movement a military target for our forces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The terror group says the attacks are in response to Israel striking Iran and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe affirm that we will respond to escalation with escalation, and our military operations will intensify in accordance to the field developments, the battle, and in conjunction with the axis of Jihad and resistance,\u201d Houthi leaders vowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not stand idly by in the face of the unjust siege imposed on our people and the peoples of the axis of jihad and resistance in Palestine, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Houthis have essentially closed the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Israeli vessels, known as the \u201cGate of Tears\u201d in Arabic for its perilous navigation conditions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s on the \u200bsouthern outlet of the Red Sea, \u200bsituated between Yemen on the \u2060Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea on the African coast.<\/p>\n

It is one of the world\u2019s most important routes for global seaborne commodity shipments, particularly crude oil and fuel from the Gulf bound for the Mediterranean \u200bvia the Suez Canal or the SUMED pipeline on Egypt\u2019s Red Sea coast, as well as \u200bcommodities bound for Asia, \u2060including Russian oil.<\/p>\n

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An estimated 3.3 million barrels of oil pass through the strait daily. <\/p>\n

If the strait is blocked, ships are forced to travel around the southern tip of Africa, known as the Cape of Good Hope, in order to reach Asia, which can add up to two weeks onto journeys.<\/p>\n

Iran and Israel\u2019s trading of retaliatory strikes marks the most serious escalation since the April cease-fire.<\/p>\n

Tehran has since claimed it has targeted Israel\u2019s Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases as part of its Operation Nasr.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation was carried out in response to the child-killing Zionist regime\u2019s missile aggression against several radar sites in three parts of the country,\u201d an Islamic Revolutionary Guards spokesperson said, according to Iran\u2019s Tasnim News Agency.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said it had struck a petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, southern Iran, without sharing any further details of the attack.<\/p>\n

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But Esmail Baghaei, the regime\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson, has claimed any escalation in the Middle East is Washington\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cNo one believes that the Israeli regime would take any action without coordination with the United States,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States bears responsibility for the Israeli regime\u2019s aggression, and it will also be responsible for the consequences of any escalation in tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With Post wires <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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