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Houthis Hijack Cargo Ship, Take Crew Hostage Over Ties to Israel. Here's What the IDF Had to Say.

The Israel Defense Forces said a ship that was hijacked in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels for allegedly being linked to Israel is British-owned and Japanese-operated.  

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A spokesperson for the Houthis said the terror group would “continue to carry out military operations against the Israeli enemy until the aggression against Gaza stops and the ugly crimes … against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza and the West Bank stop.”

The cargo ship was sailing from Turkey to India at the time it was hijacked without a single Israeli on board. The terrorists took the vessel's 25 crew members hostage.

“This is another act of Iranian terrorism and constitutes a leap forward in Iran’s aggression against the citizens of the free world, with international consequences regarding the security of the global shipping lanes,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office wrote in a statement.

The Bahaman-flagged vessel is registered under a British company, which is partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham Ungar, who goes by Rami. The vessel was leased out to a Japanese company at the time of the hijacking.

The Iran-backed Houthis have vowed to target Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea. (Times of Israel)

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“Houthi militants’ seizure of the motor vessel Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea is a flagrant violation of international law,” a U.S. military official said in a statement, The Hill reports. “We demand the immediate release of the ship and its crew.”

In 2021, President Biden removed the Houthis from the Foreign Terrorist Organization and Designated Global Terrorist lists, reversing a decision by former President Trump.


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