Yemen’s Ansarallah is believed to have sunk a second ship in the Red Sea as they continue their attacks on Israeli-linked vessels off Yemen’s coast amid unrelenting Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza.

The group published footage of the attack, which occurred last week, showing the Greek-owned vessel Tutor being struck by missiles and an explosive-laden remote-controlled boat off the Red Sea port of Hodeidah.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which tracks commercial shipping in the crucial waterway, said that the vessel is “believed to have sunk.” If confirmed, the Tutor would be the second ship sunk by Ansarallah since the start of its operations in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in November.

In response to the group’s attacks, the US and the UK have been bombing several locations across Yemen since the beginning of this year. Their latest attack was on Yemen’s Hodeidah International Airport, which was bombed six times on Monday.

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In the latest attack on Philippine sovereignty, China’s Coast Guard assaulted Philippine soldiers at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Left-wing Philippine political alliance Bayan views the incident as part of “an escalating inter-imperialist rivalry between the US and China.”

Chief of Staff of the Philippines Armed Forces General Romeo Brawner stated that Chinese Coast Guard personnel boarded Filipino boats with knives and spears, injuring one soldier and badly damaging the boats. The Philippine soldiers were resupplying sailors at Sierra Madre, which is within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines, according to UN Conventions.

Bayan is calling for the peaceful resolution of the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China and demanding that both the US and China remove their military outposts from the region.

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Horrifying satellite images reveal the extent of destruction Israel has unleashed on the city of Rafah, the only city in the Gaza Strip that has yet to be fully invaded. The Israeli military continues to push deeper into the central and western parts of Rafah, destroying more residential buildings and pushing more people into internal displacement.

The images show the Al-Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah city before and after Israel launched its ground invasion of the southernmost city in the enclave. Before the invasion, Rafah housed more than 1.7 million displaced Palestinians. However, since the start of the invasion in May, more than one million are said to have fled the city, with only 65,000 remaining, according to the UN.

More than eight months into Israel’s war of extermination against the Gaza Strip, resistance fighters of Gaza’s ruling group remain active in combat tunnel networks in Rafah. The group continues to harass the invading Israeli forces, avoiding decisive battles.

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