Red Sea

Israel targeted an Iranian cargo in the Red Sea in retaliation for previous attacks on Israeli boats. A bomb hit the Iranian merchant tanker MV Saviz off the coast of Djibouti.

The Red Sea is a semi-enclosed tropical basin bounded by north-eastern Africa to the west and the Arabian peninsula to the east. It extends between the Mediterranean Sea to the north-west and the Indian Ocean to the south-east. At the northern end, it separates into the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez, which is connected to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. At the southern end, it is connected