Jerusalem/Dubai:
Israeli defence officials had been checking no matter if Iranian forces had been behind a attainable attack on a cargo ship beneath partial Israeli ownership on Saturday on its way from Jeddah to the United Arab Emirates, Israel’s N12 Television News reported.
The crew had been not hurt and the ship, possibly hit by a missile, was not badly broken and continued on its journey just after the incident, N12 mentioned, citing unnamed sources inside Israel’s defence establishment. Lebanese pro-Iranian Television channel Al Mayadeen had reported the incident earlier.
N12 mentioned the vessel, the Tyndall, was owned by Zodiac Maritime Ltd, a London-headquartered international ship management business which later mentioned it did not personal or handle the CSAV Tyndall.
Ship-tracking information from Refinitiv Eikon showed the CSAV Tyndall container ship, which sails beneath a Liberian flag, was last docked in Jeddah and was now off the coast of Dubai.
A UAE government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Israeli officials had no quick comment.
Iranian media broadly reported the attack, citing Al Mayadeen, which was amongst the initially news outlets to report an attack on a industrial vessel owned by an Israeli business in April.
Iran’s biggest navy ship sank in early June just after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, in what appeared to be the most up-to-date incident in a area of sensitive waterways, exactly where arch-enemies Iran and Israel have traded accusations of attacks on each and every other’s vessels.
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