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A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, in the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. The attack came as Hamas said it would continue working for a ceasefire with Israel despite the absence of Israeli negotiators at the latest round of talks in Cairo. Read our blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.