Red Sea
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| Area | 438000 |
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| Max. width | 355 km (221 mi) |
| Max. depth | 3,040 m (9,970 ft) |
| Max. length | 2,250 km (1,400 mi) |
| Islands | Tiran Island |
| Jabal al-Tair Island | |
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| Rocky Island | |
| Hanish Islands | |
| Did you know | Approximately 40% of the Red Sea is quite shallow (under 100 m/330 ft), and about 25% is under 50 meters (164 feet) deep. |
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| ID | 809258 |
About Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez. The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion.
US warship downs drones fired from Houthi-held Yemen in Red Sea
...A US warship engaged and shot down three drones after three commercial vessels came under attack in the Red Sea, US Central Command has said...
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
... A US destroyer in the Red Sea has already intercepted missiles and drones - reported to have been launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen...
Japan condemns Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack of cargo ship in Red Sea
...By Emily McGarveyBBC NewsJapan s government has strongly condemned the hijacking of a Japanese-operated cargo ship in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels...
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack cargo ship in Red Sea
...Yemen s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they have seized an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea...
Sudan conflict: ‘Our lives have become a piece of hell'
... " Even those who escaped from Khartoum to the relative safety of Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, are often struggling to survive...
Arab and Muslim leaders blame West for Gaza misery
... Washington s strategic alliance with the oil-rich Gulf Arab states dates back to 1945 and a wartime meeting on a US warship in the Red Sea between President Roosevelt and the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz...
Rumbling Middle East fault lines make this Israel-Gaza war different
... They have all been brought down, so far, by Israel s air defences or by US Navy warships in the Red Sea...
Iran-backed Yemeni rebels shoot down US drone
... This includes troops being stationed onboard military vessels in the Red Sea, which lies between Yemen and Israel...
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack cargo ship in Red Sea
Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they have seized an Israeli Cargo Ship in the Red Sea .
They said the vessel was then taken to a port in Yemen.
Israel said The Ship was not Israeli, and no Israelis were among its crew. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said This Was " another act of Iranian terrorism".
Iran has not commented. Houthis had threatened to hijack Israeli Ship within their reach over Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip .
Israel says 1,200 people were killed and More Than 240 taken hostage during The Surprise Hamas attack on The South of the country on 7 October.
Israel has launched a massive military operation - involving air and artillery strikes as well as ground troops - with the aim of eliminating Hamas.
The Hamas-run health ministry says the Death Toll in Gaza since then has reached 12,300. More Than 2,000 more are feared to be buried under rubble.
The Houthis have fired several missiles and drones towards Israel just after Israel launched its retaliatory operation.
The US said at The Time that all the missiles and drones were intercepted by its warship in the Red Sea .
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described The Attack on The Ship - which it did not name - as a " very grave incident of global consequence".
The IDF said the vessel was on its way from Turkey to India when it was seized in the southern Red Sea near Yemen.
Although Israel says the seized vessel does not have any connection with it, unconfirmed reports suggest The Ship may have an Israeli owner.
In Sunday's statement on Social Media , Mr Netanyahu said that Israel " strongly condemns the Iranian attack against an international vessel".
He Said The Ship was owned by " a British company and is operated by a Japanese firm" adding that "25 crew members of various nationalities including Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Filipino and Mexican" were on board The Ship .
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has recently said that what he called resistance groups allied to Tehran were " cleverly adjusting pressure" on Israel and its supporters.
Earlier this month, the Houthis shot down a US military drone off Yemen's coast, American officials said.
The Houthis have been Locked In with Yemen's official Government - backed by Saudi Arabia - since 2014.
More on Israel-Gaza warRelated TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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