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JERUSALEM Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire.
Fierce battles are rocking the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city. The fighting has trapped thousands of displaced Palestinians and the United Nations says tank rounds hit a U.N. facility on Wednesday.
Russia’s top diplomat says the first step toward the establishment of a Palestinian state must be for the divided Palestinians to rebuild unity of all factions.
The attacks on the U.S.-flagged container ships further raise the stakes of the Yemen-based group's ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait.