PRESSURES ISRAEL TO BEGIN
WINDING DOWN THE WAR IN GAZA.
WHIT?
>> Whit: ALL RIGHT, INES, THANK
YOU.
>>> THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS THIS
MORNING OVER RISING TENSION IN
THE REGION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
AFTER INCREASED ATTACKS ON CARGO
SHIPS IN THE RED SEA.
ABC'S LAMA HASAN JOINS US FROM
LONDON WITH MORE.
LAMA, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU, WHIT.
TENSIONS ARE RISING IN THE RED
SEA.
THE U.S. WARSHIP, THE "USS
CARNEY" SHOOTING DOWN SHIPS ON
SATURDAY.
LUCKILY THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO
ANY SHIPS IN THE AREA AND NO
INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GULF
WAR IN 1991, A BRITISH ROYAL
NAVY WARSHIP THAT HAD JUST
ARRIVED TO BOOST SECURITY.
ALSO DESTROYING A SEPARATE
SUSPECTED DRONE.
THE BRITISH DEFENSE SECRETARY
SAYING THE TARGET WAS COMMERCIAL
SHIPS.
NOW THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A
SERIES OF ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA
WHICH IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST AND
MOST IMPORTANT SHIPPING LANES IN
THE WORLD.
THE DRONES ARE LAUNCHED BY
IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHI MILITANTS
AND SINCE THE WAR HAS
INTENSIFIED, SO TOO HAVE THE
THREATS, THE HOUTHIS WARNING
ANYONE SAILING TO AND FROM
ISRAELI PORTS WILL BE ATTACKED.
THEY'VE LAUNCHED DOZENS OF
MISSILES TO PAUSE THEIR
OPERATIONS, SAILING THROUGH THE
RED SEA, AND AT STAKE, THE
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN INCLUDING
SHIPMENTS OF OIL, GRAIN, AND
CONSUMER GOODS WHICH OF COURSE,
COULD DRIVE UP PRICES AND OF