Consider the following pairs of places frequently mentioned in the news and the region/country they are located in: 1. Hodeidah : Yemen 2. Haifa : Israel 3. Rafah : Egypt 4. Bandar Abbas : Iran How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Explanation
Hodeidah is a major port city in Yemen, Haifa is a northern port city in Israel, and Bandar Abbas is a strategic port city in Iran, making pairs 1, 2, and 4 correctly matched. Pair 3 is incorrectly matched because Rafah is located in the southern Gaza Strip (Palestine) on the border with Egypt, not within Egypt itself.