Israel notifies US it attacked Iranian ship in Red Sea - report

Jerusalem Post ^ | 4/7/21

[EBH]

While officially listed as a merchant ship, the Saviz was likely a covert IRGC forward base.

Israel notified the US that it is responsible for the Tuesday attack on an Iranian cargo ship affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, an American official told The New York Times.

A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the Saviz was lightly damaged in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday due to an explosion, adding that the cause of the explosion is under investigation.

"The Saviz civilian ship was stationed in the Red Sea region and the Gulf of Aden to establish maritime security along the shipping lanes and to counter piracy," said the spokesman. "This ship practically acted as a logistics station (technical support and logistics) of Iran in the Red Sea, and therefore the specifications and mission of this ship had previously been officially announced."

According to the Foreign Ministry, no casualties were reported.

When asked about the alleged attack, Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz told Channel 12 news that he would not discuss "any of the operations that are taking place in the Middle East and are associated with" Israel.

"The State of Israel must continue to defend itself," said Gantz. "Wherever we find an operational challenge and operational need we will continue to act." "We are here now in a place that at it's base is a defensive operation, but this defense alone is not enough and we must also carry out offensive operations and we will do them as best we can," added Gantz to Channel 12.

[sauropod]

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[Truth29]

Lightly damaged? Come on IDF, you can do better. Why wasn't this ship reduced to a new artificial reef and all aboard lost in the explosions?

[RaceBannon]

might have been a warning, but that won’t work and they know it

[Chainmail]

"might have been a warning, but that won’t work and they know it"

Likely a limpet mine attack that didn't sink the ship. More stealthy and deniable than a torpedo but not always effective.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: all aboard lost in the explosions? ::

And turn the event into an expanding dirty bomb?

Small explosions disable any “launch” capability while keeping any radiological material contained.

[slapshot]

Notice Jordan Saudi UAE Syria not going batshit crazy ....interesting......

[Bookshelf]

Only entity to go crazy is the New York Times, which will divulge any secret as long as its reporting damages s policy of Israel or the United States

[moovova]

“According to the USNI, as of October 2020, the ship had barely moved from its location off the coast of Yemen for three years.”

Nothing obvious about that.

Good job, Israel.

[I want the USA back]

The bearded mullas know that ole joe the groper is on their side and that they can get away with doing anything they want to.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

"This ship The New York Times practically acted as a logistics station (technical support and logistics) of Iran in the Red Sea USA,
and therefore the specifications and mission of this ship paper had previously been officially announced."

[Truth29]

Not likely, the ship had barely moved in three years. Unlikely they had any launch or radiological capabilities on the ship.

[minnesota_bound]

What do you think Israel will do about this if they were willing to sink a ship belonging to their enemy.

Iran has produced 55 kg of 20% enriched uranium since January - official
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3948510/posts

[SJackson]

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[rdl6989]

Hit em again!

[EBH]

I know...I posted that article.

I am afraid, many even here on FR are being highly distracted with our own issues. “Woke” is a distraction to events much bigger and far more likely to have significant impact on us.

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Iran’s nuclear enrichment program taking off

Russian invasion in Ukraine

Syria, Syria, Syria

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Vaccine Passports

This guy ben David being treated like the Jewish Messiah at Passover

Tap, tap, tap...are we paying attention?

[M Kehoe]

Shake shake shake your Djibouti.

5.56mm

[Eleutheria5]

They’re more scared of Iran. During summer vacation in Eilat, I could see their continental outlines across from the beach, and I think Egypt’s, too. This was not TV news, but real.

[minnesota_bound]

Israeli will not be shipping pallets of money to Iran that’s for sure.

[wardaddy]

They might not but they’ve allied with Iran in some weird circumstances

And so did we in Afghanistan’s early days against al quaeda and Taliban in Herat

Middle East is strange place

Muddy muddy