It may or may not become possible when the fighting is over to devise an international zone between Egypt and Israel which might serve as a secure additional route between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

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The Gulf of Aden is a key route for ships passing from the Arabian Sea and Indian Oceans to the southern Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea by the Suez Canal.

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