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Foreign media reported on Saturday that a cargo ship owned by Idan Ofer was attacked on the night between Thursday and Friday by an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean. There were no casualties, but the vessel known as "SYMI" was damaged. According to a report on the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV, which is affiliated with Hezbollah and the pro-Iranian camp, the incident occurred hours before the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip began.
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are more focused this week: Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized a partially Israeli-owned ship in the Red Sea. This is a serious escalation by the pro-Iranian Houthis, who have been trying to hit Israeli targets since the beginning of the war against Hamas. The Galaxy Leader is owned by Israeli businessman and car importer Rami Ungar, and had 25 crew members from different countries on board at the time of its abduction.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the incident, calling it an "Iranian attack on an international ship." His office said: "This is another act of Iranian terrorism that reflects a leap forward in Iran's aggression against citizens of the free world, and creates international implications for the security of global shipping lanes."
The IDF said that "the hijacking of the cargo ship by the Houthis near Yemen in the southern Red Sea is a very serious incident on a global level. This is a ship that left Turkey on its way to India with an international civilian crew, without Israelis. This is not an Israeli ship."
The ship, which transports vehicles, was without cargo on board when en route to India from Europe. It is operated by a Japanese company, and its crew members are citizens from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Mexico. The Associated Press quoted two U.S. security officials as saying the Houthis had seized the ship from a helicopter.
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