Shipping movement in the Red Sea has been slow during the past few weeks, despite the suspension of the Houthi group attacks in Yemen long ago, amid fears of the renewed Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

data published by the American agency «Bloomberg» on Tuesday, that the number of ships crossing the Red Sea through the Gulf of Aden did not change during the past month despite the suspension of Houthi attacks.

The Joint Marine Information Center, which collects data on the attacks of the militants from several naval forces, wrote that “although there are no good indicators’ attacks; However, the threat facing commercial ships in the Red Sea has not changed. ”

ongoing tensions in the Middle East

This comes as executive officials in major international shipping companies warned that any return to the Red Sea is likely to be slow in light of the fluctuations in tensions in the Middle East. The truck continues to prefer the longest and safest path around the southern end of Africa.

Bloomberg referred to the fragility of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which appeared this week with the exchange of accusations between Hamas and Israel by violating the armistice agreement.

Add to that the tensions raised by the statements of US President Donald Trump, in which he said that “Israel can cancel the ceasefire agreement if not all hostages will be launched by next Saturday.”