{"id":196435,"date":"2023-11-30T07:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T07:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196435"},"modified":"2023-11-30T07:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T07:19:40","slug":"royal-navy-deploys-second-warship-to-the-middle-east-as-volatile-tensions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/royal-navy-deploys-second-warship-to-the-middle-east-as-volatile-tensions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy deploys second warship to the Middle East as ‘volatile’ tensions rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDF says they’ve captured a Hamas base<\/h3>\n

Britain is sending a second warship to the Gulf as tensions in the Middle East continue to mount.<\/p>\n

Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond will join frigate HMS Lancaster, which is also in the region.<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps explained: “It is critical that the UK bolsters our presence in the region to keep Britain and our interests safe from a more volatile and contested world.”<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Defence says HMS Diamond will aim to ensure freedom of navigation, reassure merchant vessels and allow the safe flow of trade.<\/p>\n

About 50 large merchant ships pass through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait every day, while twice that number pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the export of oil.<\/p>\n

HMS Lancaster has been stationed in the Gulf since last year, alongside three Royal Navy minehunters.<\/p>\n

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  • Hamas\u2019 claim that family dead \u2018may be psychological warfare’06:20<\/span><\/li>\n

    Britain sends second warship to the Middle East<\/h3>\n

    Britain is sending a second warship to the Gulf as tensions in the Middle East continue to mount.<\/p>\n

    Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond will join frigate HMS Lancaster, which is also in the region.<\/p>\n

    Defence Secretary Grant Shapps explained: “It is critical that the UK bolsters our presence in the region to keep Britain and our interests safe from a more volatile and contested world.”<\/p>\n

    The Ministry of Defence says HMS Diamond will aim to ensure freedom of navigation, reassure merchant vessels and allow the safe flow of trade.<\/p>\n

    About 50 large merchant ships pass through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait every day, while twice that number pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the export of oil.<\/p>\n

    HMS Lancaster has been stationed in the Gulf since last year, alongside three Royal Navy minehunters.<\/p>\n

    Hamas\u2019 claim that family dead \u2018may be psychological warfare’<\/h3>\n

    Hamas claims that a mother and her two children have been killed in Gaza may be an example of \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d by the terrorist organisation, the Israeli Defence Force has said.<\/p>\n

    Shiri Bibas, 32, 4-year-old Ariel and 10-month-old Kfir are thought to have been transferred by Hamas to smaller group in the southern city of Khan Younis.<\/p>\n

    Hamas issued a statement in which it said all three were killed in an Israeli strike during the war in the Strip, without providing any additional details.<\/p>\n

    However, the IDF cast doubt on the veracity of the claim, saing: \u201cThe Hamas terror organisation continues to act in a cruel and inhumane manner<\/p>\n

    \u201cHamas is endangering the hostages, including nine children. Hamas is required to immediately return them to Israel.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThere is no confirmation. We will continue to seek intelligence and other indications\u201d in order to determine its veracity.<\/p>\n