Ship Hijacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea Reproduction: VesselFinder
Israel declared this Sunday (19) that the ship was hijacked in the Red Sea The Yemeni Houthis terrorists’ ship is not Israeli and directly accuses Iran of the hijacking, although the local press indicates that the ship is partly owned by Israeli tycoon Rami Unger.
“The hijacking of a cargo ship by the Houthis near Yemen in the southern Red Sea is a very serious incident with global consequences,” the Israeli army said, asserting that the ship was “not an Israeli ship” and was not Israelis. on board.
For its part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office condemned “in the strongest possible terms” an “Iranian attack on an international ship”, in this case “Galaxy Leader”, which was traveling from India to Turkey.
According to Netanyahu’s office, the ship “is owned by a British company and operated by a Japanese company” and on board were “25 crew members of various nationalities, including Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Philippines and Mexico.”
“This is another act of Iranian terrorism and represents another step of Iranian aggression against the citizens of the free world, with international implications regarding the security of sea lanes,” the office added.
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According to the local press, the ship sails under the Bahamian flag, is registered in the name of a British company that leased it from a Japanese company, and is partly owned by Israeli tycoon Rami Abraham Unger, who is in the merchant shipping business.
According to information provided to EFE by a Houthi source, this Iranianbacked terrorist group hijacked the ship while transiting the Red Sea this Sunday and diverted it to a Yemeni port.
The hijacking came after a Houthi spokesman reiterated that the group would attack Israeliflagged ships and ships operated by Israeli companies, while calling on countries to “withdraw their citizens” working on those ships.
On the 14th, insurgent leader AbdulMalik alHouthi had already warned that the Houthis were planning “additional operations to attack Israeli targets,” stressing that they would do so “in the Red Sea, especially in Bab.” al Mandab and its waters adjacent to Yemeni territorial waters”.
“We will not hesitate to attack them (…) Our eyes are open, constantly on the lookout and on the lookout for Israeli ships,” he warned.