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Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

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Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

Despite Trump’s calls for calm, IDF says it struck military targets in central and western Iran in response to attacks by Tehran

Yemen announced that it had joined the war for the first time since the 8 April ceasefire. The Houthi leadership fired missiles towards Jaffa Israel and said Israeli linked commercial shipping would be blocked entering the Red Sea, a decision that will unnerve other shipping.

Iranian officials had earlier suggested the revival of the blockade of Bab al-Mandab strait for Israeli linked shipping was being considered by the Houthi leadership.

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Originally reported by The Guardian