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- 1EU Calls for More Warships in Red Sea Operations▼EU Needs More Ships for Red Sea; European Navies Adjust Hormuz Deployments
European Union officials say the naval mission protecting shipping in the Red Sea needs more vessels, while European navies reshuffle their deployments in the Strait of Hormuz to free up assets. The appeal highlights strain on maritime forces stretched across two critical waterways amid continued threats to commercial shipping in the region.
- 2Egypt backs Trump's Gaza plan amid Mediterranean war drill with France, Italy and Greece▼Africa’s most powerful military and Middle East’s strongest back Trump’s Gaza plan after Egypt joins France, Italy and Greece for major Mediterranean war drill
Egypt has endorsed Donald Trump's Gaza plan, with its military — widely ranked as Africa's most powerful — also joining France, Italy and Greece for a major Mediterranean naval exercise. The endorsement adds a key Arab state to supporters of the proposal, and the joint drill with European navies signals deepening security coordination around the eastern Mediterranean at a sensitive moment for Gaza diplomacy.