Israel reports its heaviest combat losses in six weeks – as it happened
by Adam Fulton (now and earlier); Richard Luscombe an from World news | The Guardian on (#6H3NR)
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The Times of Israel is reporting a little more detail on the incident in the Red Sea earlier, which caused the UK maritime trade operations (UKMTO) agency to issue a warning. [See 7.46 GMT]
Citing US officials, it reports that two missiles fired from Yemen missed a commercial tanker near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It also reports that a US navy vessel shot down a drone that was heading towards it.
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