US disables boxship while Red Sea attack kills six
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US forces disabled a containership in the Gulf of Oman as part of an operation amid heightened attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East, coinciding with an attack in Bab el-Mandeb that killed six people. The incident underscores escalating maritime security threats in the region's key shipping corridor.
Commercial shipping came under fire at both ends of the Middle East’s most disrupted maritime corridor on Tuesday, with US forces disabling a containership in the Gulf of Oman while a separate attack in the Bab el-Mandeb left six people dead. US Central Command confirmed that a Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at …