Reports in Arab and Iranian media on Tuesday said an Iranian cargo ship came under attack in the Red Sea in an apparent Israeli attack. It’s not clear from the reports how much damage the attacks caused or if there were any injuries.
The Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that the ship was attacked with a limpet mine, a magnetic explosive device that is usually attached to the hull of the targeted vessel.
Tasnim identified the ship as the Saviz and said it “has been stationed in the Red Sea for the past few years to support Iranian commandos sent on commercial vessel escort missions.”
An anonymous US official told The New York Times on Tuesday night that Israel was responsible for the blast and notified the US of the attack.
Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that since 2019, Israel had attacked at least a dozen ships in the region. The targeted vessels were bound for Syria and were mostly Iranian or carrying Iranian oil. The report said the Israelis used limpet mines in one of the more recent attacks that targeted a vessel anchored off Lebanon.
Israel has blamed Iran for recent attacks on Israeli-owned ships in the region, but it’s not clear if Tehran was responsible. Besides claims from Israeli officials, there’s no evidence to show that Tehran was behind any recent incidents.
Considering Tehran is seeking sanctions relief from the US through a revival of the nuclear deal, it has no reason to escalate tensions in the region. Israel, on the other hand, is strongly opposed to the US returning to the agreement and has a history of taking covert action against Iran.
Just a Matter of time B4 all major players become nuclear bomb states. Letting Israel get awấy with possessing nukes while still getting BILLION’S of DOLLARS in “aid” from the U.S. is illegal under U.S. law and is part of the problem. It encourages the Israeli double (apartheid) standard. O.K.2 kill Palestinian unarmed CHILDREN, but not Israeli ones.
You are very correct. Israel having the bomb makes aid from the U.S. illegal has h*ll.
You are also correct about the double standard. Israel bulldozes Palestinian homes, bulldozes crops, floods crops with sewage, controls electricity, controls water, controls one entrance to the largest outdoor prison (Egypt controlling the other end), allows “settlers” to carry around weapons, shoots Palestinians on the flimsiest of reasons, uses snipers to shoot protesters throwing rocks, and, for good measure, shoot medical personnel assisting the wounded.
Allowing Israel to attack Iranian ships without reprisal from the rest of the free world is a disgrace.
The attacks on Israeli ships? FALSE FLAG!
I am completely disgusted with our congressmen/women for not calling it like it is.
You are very correct. Israel having the bomb makes aid from the U.S. illegal has h*ll.
You are also correct about the double standard. Israel bulldozes Palestinian homes, bulldozes crops, floods crops with sewage, controls electricity, controls water, controls one entrance to the largest outdoor prison (Egypt controlling the other end), allows “settlers” to carry around weapons, shoots Palestinians on the flimsiest of reasons, uses snipers to shoot protesters throwing rocks, and, for good measure, shoot medical personnel assisting the wounded.
Allowing Israel to attack Iranian ships without reprisal from the rest of the free world is a disgrace.
The attacks on Israeli ships? FALSE FLAG!
I am completely disgusted with our congressmen/women for not calling it like it is.
Just a Matter of time B4 all major players become nuclear bomb states. Letting Israel get awấy with possessing nukes while still getting BILLION’S of DOLLARS in “aid” from the U.S. is illegal under U.S. law and is part of the problem. It encourages the Israeli double (apartheid) standard. O.K.2 kill Palestinian unarmed CHILDREN, but not Israeli ones.
I wonder if Israeli’s recognize the danger BB is recklessly chancing with their lives. Were not Iran such of miracle of restraint, all the mid-East were a pile of smoking rubble.