Hebrew media said that the Israeli occupation government officially approached several countries, including Britain and Japan, with the aim of forming an operational force dedicated to operating in the Red Sea in order to ensure the freedom of shipping lanes, after a series of attacks launched by the Houthis on American and Israeli cargo ships.< /p>

The Hebrew “i24” channel reported, on Tuesday, that “the special force that the Israeli occupation seeks to form will operate within the framework of a multinational coalition in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait region.”

Since the start of the war on Gaza, the Israeli Navy has expanded its activities in the Red Sea, mainly with the aim of carrying out air protection missions, that is, thwarting air threats from the direction of Yemen on the city of Eilat, according to the same source.

In a related development, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said that his country decided to send the warship “HMS Diamond” to the Arabian Gulf, to prevent the Houthis from continuing their attacks in the Red Sea.