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Jacob Shteyman

Live export ship set for Israel after weeks of delays

About 15,000 sheep and cattle spent more than five weeks aboard the MV Bahijah. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A live-export ship laden with Australian livestock will finally set sail for the Middle East after the threat of Houthi rebels scuppered its initial voyage.

The MV Bahijah is currently in Fremantle, Western Australia, where it has been moored since the Department of Agriculture ordered it to abandon its voyage in January due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

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