• Guests may view all public nodes. However, you must be registered to post.

Israel Conflict | REPORTS | 22 Jun - 27 Jul 2024

Status
Not open for further replies.
💥🔥 Earlier today, the Liberian-Flagged Bulk Cargo Ship, Transworld Navigator was Transiting the Gulf of Aden, roughly 96NM off the Coast of Nishtun in Eastern Yemen, when it was Struck on its Port Side by a One-Way Surface Attack Drone launched by the Houthi Terrorist Group in Western Yemen. The Explosion created a Massive Hole in the Hull of the Ship, which eventually led the Crew to Abandon Ship before being Rescued by a nearby Vessel.
Click to expand...

H
https://twitter.com/x/status/1805008221217902896
 

Netanyahu tests truce proposal, says won't agree to deal that ends Gaza war​


The PM said he is not willing to give up on the goal of total elimination of Hamas

www.theweek.in

Netanyahu tests truce proposal, says won't agree to deal that ends Gaza war

The PM said he is not willing to give up on the goal of total elimination of Hamas
www.theweek.in www.theweek.in

Not a new development, but it is telling that he hasn’t changed his position.
 
⚠️The families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin (23), Or Levy (33), and Eliya Cohen (26) have authorized the release of new footage showing their loved ones' abduction. The three were kidnapped from a field shelter after fleeing the NOVA Festival in Re'im. They remain in Hamas captivity. Recorded by Hamas terrorists on October 7, the video documents the kidnapping and has now been made available to the public and media.
Click to expand...
https://twitter.com/x/status/1805269757764997414
 
"The US is prepared to use all means necessary to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran," the US envoy to the UN told a Security Council briefing on Iran.
"Iran’s actions suggest it is not interested in verifiably demonstrating that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful," Robert Wood added.
"Iran continues to deny the int'l community visibility into its nuclear activities. It obstructs IAEA efforts to resolve outstanding safeguards issues, and willfully hampers IAEA verification and monitoring activities," he said.
Click to expand...
https://twitter.com/x/status/1805358040431874351
 
www.military.com

Pentagon Confident It Can Still Defend Against Houthi Attacks Without a Carrier in the Region

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group, which has been deployed for more than seven months after two extensions, has left the area where Houthi rebels have for months attacked commercial shipping.
www.military.com www.military.com

The Pentagon said Monday it remains confident that it will be able to respond to ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea after a Navy aircraft carrier strike group departed the region and it was unclear when another carrier group might arrive."We still have capability in the region," Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. The Navy will "continue to work very closely with our international allies and partners toward that end when it comes to safeguarding the flow of commerce and safety of mariners in the Red Sea."

On Saturday, Ryder announced that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower strike group, which has been deployed for more than seven months after two extensions, left the area where Houthi rebels have for months attacked commercial shipping and sailed into the Mediterranean Sea. The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group will eventually take its place in the region.

However, the Theodore Roosevelt, which is currently deployed in the Pacific, will not begin its journey west until next week, after it completes an exercise, Ryder said, leaving the Navy's presence in the Red Sea at reduced levels – just two destroyers – until its arrival.

The gap comes as Houthi attacks, which began last November following Israel's bombardment of Gaza in response to a Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7, have become increasingly effective.

In the last several weeks, Houthis used a drone vessel to successfully strike a commercial ship. The U.S. Navy had to evacuate the ship's crew and the vessel later sank. One merchant mariner from the crew went missing amid the attacks.

The Houthis also struck another cargo ship with two separate missile attacks that caused fires and serious injuries to a crew member. That crew also abandoned ship after they lost the ability to control the fires, and they were picked up by another merchant vessel.

As a result, maritime analysts have noted that the attacks are expected to not only increase the cost of shipping goods through the Red Sea but have also resulted in a sharp drop in the amount of merchant traffic in the region.

Earlier in June, a Defense Intelligence Agency report on the Houthi attacks found that they had "harmful impacts" on at least 65 countries and 29 major energy and shipping companies, and also "endangered crews, damaged regional security, impeded international humanitarian relief efforts, threatened freedom of navigation, and increased the cost and transit times for commercial shipping."

With the Eisenhower and its three-ship strike group in the Mediterranean, the Navy's presence in the Red Sea is now down to two destroyers, the USS Laboon and USS Cole, a service official said.

Ryder noted that the Navy also has destroyers deployed in the European theater that "have been very active in providing those kinds of defenses, as well as other capabilities to include aircraft and [surveillance and reconnaissance] capabilities."

When the Roosevelt arrives in the Middle East, the carrier will bring four other ships with it, a Navy official said. However, neither the Navy nor Ryder were able to say when that would happen.

"I'm not going to get into specific days," Ryder told reporters.
Click to expand...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom