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Defiant Houthis Will Only Reassess Red Sea Attacks If Israeli ‘Aggression’ Stops


Tuesday, 27 February 2024 08:23 AM EST

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Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday that the group’s operations in the Red Sea, where its missiles and drones have been threatening international shipping, will only stop when Israeli “aggression” on Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

Asked if the attacks on ships would seize if a ceasefire deal was reached for Gaza, Mohammed Abdulsalam said the situation would be reassessed if the siege ended and humanitarian aid was free to enter.

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Shipping Prices to Rise After Strike by Houthi Rebels


By Fran Beyer    |   Wednesday, 10 January 2024 03:56 PM EST

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Freight shipping prices will rise Jan. 15 after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked vessels in the Red Sea, according to a report. CNBC reported Wednesday the expected price rise comes amid longer transit times around Africa that are disrupting and delaying deliveries of products. Vessels aren’t able to come back to Asia in time, and ocean carriers are canceling sailings on short notice, both as a result of ship diversions, Honour Lane Shipping emailed clients, the news outlet reported.

The rerouted vessels are carrying items including spring clothing, footwear, home goods, electronics, patio furniture, and pool supplies.

British clothing retailer Next also recently warned of stock delays as a result of the longer ocean transit, while Ikea in December lamented its own supply chain delays, the outlet noted.

“The rerouting of vessels is leading to longer transit times and increased costs,” Jon Gold, vice president of supply chain at the National Retail Federation, told CNBC. “Unfortunately, the longer the disruptions occur, the more challenges will arise in ensuring supply chain reliability and efficiency.”

The longer voyages are also adding to the cost of freight.

MSC, the world’s largest ocean carrier, was the first shipping company to release rates for the second half of January, according to CNBC. Beginning Monday, rates for those clients will be $5,000 for West Coast routes, $6,900 for the East Coast, and $7,300 for routes to the Gulf of Mexico.

“This is really an unexpectedly huge rate increase,” HLS wrote, CNBC reported.

Vessel volume in the Suez Canal has fallen 61% to an average of 5.8 vessels per day, compared with volumes before the Houthi attacks, according to logistics data firm Project44, CNBC reported.

Egypt, which owns and operates the Suez Canal, charges between $500,000 and $600,000 per vessel transit, resulting in losses for a country already hurt by a declining tourism industry and soaring inflation.

The hikes follow an attack on Tuesday by the Houthis, the largest in the area by the militants as the three-month-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza spills into other parts of the Middle East.

“As most carriers currently still reroute completely anyhow, we do not see more divisions than before,” said Franziska Bietke, global sea logistics communication manager at Kuehne + Nagel, CNBC reported. “The magnitude of yesterday’s attack is likely to reinforce the global carriers’ position that the passage is too risky.”

Logistics companies are also warning clients of container shortages, which hasn’t happened to shippers since the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC reported. 

Mark Rhodes, regional director of ocean product for Asia-Pacific at Crane Worldwide Logistics, told CNBC that containers arriving in Europe through the diverted route will need to make their way back to the manufacturing hot spots in Asia.

“The container shortage remains fresh in our memories from the COVID pandemic,” Rhodes said. “The outbound leg from Asia to Europe is just the beginning of what could be more turbulent times ahead in 2024.”

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Red Sea: Archaeologists Discover Remains of Egyptian Army From the Biblical Exodus


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URL of the Original Posting Site: http://worldtruth.tv/red-sea-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-egyptian-army-from-the-biblical-exodus/

Suez| Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had discovered that remains of a large Egyptian army from the 14th century BC, at the bottom of the Gulf of Suez, 1.5 kilometers offshore from the modern city of  Ras Gharib. The team was searching for the remains of ancient ships and artifacts related to Stone Age and Bronze Age trade in the Red Sea area, when they stumbled upon a gigantic mass of human bones darkened by age. 

The scientists lead by Professor Abdel Muhammad Gader and associated with Cairo University’s Faculty of Archaeology, have already recovered a total of more than 400 different skeletons, as well as hundreds of weapons and pieces of armor, also the remains of two war chariots, scattered over an area of approximately 200 square meters. They estimate that more than 5000 other bodies could be dispersed over a wider area, suggesting that an army of large size who have perished on the site.

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This magnificient blade from an egyptian khopesh, was certainly the weapon of an important character. It was discovered near the remains of a richly decorated war chariot, suggesting it could have belonged to a prince or nobleman.

Many clues on the site have brought Professor Gader and his team to conclude that the bodies could be linked to the famous episode of the Exodus. First of all, the ancient soldiers seem to have died on dry ground, since no  traces of boats or ships have been found in the area. The positions of the bodies and the fact that they were stuck in a vast quantity of clay and rock, imply that they could have died in a mudslide or a tidal wave.

The shear number of bodies suggests that a large ancient army perished on the site and the dramatic way by which they were killed, both seem to corroborate the biblical version of the Red Sea Crossing, when the army of the Egyptian Pharaoh was destroyed by the returning waters that Moses had parted. This new find certainly proves that there was indeed an Egyptian army of large size that was destroyed by the waters of the Red Sea during the reign of King Akhenaten.

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For centuries, the famous biblical account of the “Red Sea Crossing” was dismissed by most scholars and historians as more symbolic than historical.

This astounding discovery brings undeniable scientific proof that one the most famous episodes of the Old Testament was indeed, based on an historical event. It brings a brand new perspective on a story that many historians have been considering for years as a work of fiction, and suggesting that other themes like the “Plagues of Egypt” could indeed have an historical base.

A lot more research and many more recovery operations are to be expected on the site over the next few years, as Professor Gader and his team have already announced their desire to retrieve the rest of the bodies and artifacts from was has turned out to be one of the richest archaeological underwater sites ever discovered.

Source: worldnewsdailyreport.com

Founder of WorldTruth.Tv and WomansVibe.com Eddie (4708 Posts)Eddie L. is the founder and owner of WorldTruth.TV. This website is dedicated to educating and informing people with articles on powerful and concealed information from around the world. I have spent the last 30+ years researching Bible, History, Secret Societies, Symbolism

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