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Independent Deployments during the Red Sea Crisis
	Part of the Red Sea crisis, the Yemeni crisis and spillover of the Israel-Hamas war
Date	19 October 2023 – present
Location	Red Sea(esp. Bab-el-Mandeb),Gulf of Aden, Arabian sea southern Israel, and Saudi Arabia and Egypt,
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Israel Israel Defense Forces Israeli Navy; Israeli Air Force; ; Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Armed Forces Royal Saudi Air Defense; ; Egypt Egyptian Armed Forces Egyptian Air Force; Egyptian Air Defense Forces; ; India Indian Armed Forces Indian Navy; ; Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Navy; ; China People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army Navy; ;	Houthis Yemeni Navy (SPC);
Commanders and leaders
Israel Defense Forces Israeli Navy David Saar Salama; ; Israeli Air Force Tomer Bar; ; Royal Saudi Armed Forces Royal Saudi Air Defense Lt. General Mazyad al-Amro; ; Egyptian Armed Forces Egyptian Air Force Mahmoud Fouad Abdel-Gawad; ; Egyptian Air Defense Forces Mohamed Hegazy Abdul Mawgoud; ; Indian Armed Forces Indian Navy R. Hari Kumar; ; Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Navy Naveed Ashraf; ; People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army Navy Hu Zhongming; ;	Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Mohamed al-Atifi Mahdi al-Mashat Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour
Units involved
Israel Defense Forces Israeli Navy INS Magen; ; Israeli Air Force F 35s; Arrow 3; ; Royal Saudi Armed Forces Royal Saudi Air Defense 290th Patriot; ; Egyptian Armed Forces Egyptian Air Force Unspecified Warplanes; ; Egyptian Air Defense Forces Air Defence ; ; Indian Armed Forces Indian Navy INS Kochi; INS Kolkata; INS Chennai; INS Mormugao; INS Visakhapatnam; INS Talwar; INS Tarkash; ; Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Navy PNS Tughril; PNS Taimur; PNS Shamsheer; PNS Aslat; PNS Moawin; PNS Madadgar; PMSS Zhob; ; People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army Navy 46th fleet Xuchang; Jiaozuo; Honghu; ; ; People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force 2 Helicopters; ; ;	Yemeni Armed Forces (SPC)
Strength
Israel One Sa'ar 6-class corvette; Unspecified number of warplanes; Arrow 3 missiles; Saudi Arabia Patriot air defence systems; Egypt Unspecified number of warplanes; Air defence systems; India Three Kolkata-class destroyers; Two Visakhapatnam-class destroyers; Two Talwar-class frigates; Pakistan Two Tughril-class frigates; Two Zulfiquar-class frigates; One Oil replenishment ship; One coastal tanker; One Maritime Patrol vessel; China One guided-missile destroyer; One missile frigate; One comprehensive replenishment vessel; Two helicopters;	Unspecified
Casualties and losses
MSC United VIII damaged; MV Chem Pluto damaged; 6 civilians wounded;	Several missiles and drones intercepted

Many countries have independently deployed ships in the wake of Houthi attacks on commercial ships during red sea crisis while not joining a coalition like Operation Prosperity Guardian or Operation Aspides.

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