RED SEA          

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Context

• Israel’s navy has stepped up its activities in the Red Sea “exponentially” in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping.

About Red Sea

• It is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
• Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden.
• To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
• It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
• It is the world's northernmost tropical sea, and has been designated a Global 200 Ecoregion.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/with-eye-on-iran-israeli-navy-steps-up-red-sea-presence-7513880/