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Israeli-owned cargo ship sustains light damage following Iranian attack 
April 13, 2021
The incident comes as part of a series of reported tit-for-tat strikes at sea between Israel and Iran.
The Hyperion Ray departing from Spain in 2020. Source: Screenshot.
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Reported attack on Iranian ship is a ‘moderate escalation’
Yaakov LappinApril 8, 2021
Iran believed that its attempt to deny the military role of the “Saviz” would protect it from attack, but the deniability ended up making it easier for those who struck it, says a former defense official.
The Iranian-flagged vessel MV Saviz, 2018. Source: Screenshot.
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Iran confirms one of its ships damaged in Red Sea blast
April 7, 2021
The “Saviz” is a civilian vessel stationed to “provide maritime security,” says Iranian foreign minister • Announcement comes a day after “New York Times” report claims Israel informed America of the operation.
The Iranian-flagged vessel MV Saviz, 2018. Source: Screenshot.
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Report: Iranian ship linked to IRCG attacked in Red Sea
April 6, 2021
Iranian media reported that the “Saviz” was targeted by a limpet mine.
Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port on Jan. 28, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Arab news outlet releases ‘Iranian drone footage’ of Israeli cargo ship after attack
March 8, 2021
Holes in the ship’s hull “were not caused by an external attack, but elements from inside the ship itself,” claims pro-Hezbollah media.
The Israeli-owned cargo vessel “MV Helios Ray” in a still shot taken from video ostensibly filmed by an Iranian drone. Source: YouTube.
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Netanyahu: Attack on Israeli-owned cargo ship ‘indeed Iranian action’
March 1, 2021
Tehran “is Israel’s greatest enemy, and we are striking it everywhere in the region,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of reported airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria, two days after explosions in the Gulf of Oman rocked the “MV Helios Ray.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial for Zionist activist Joseph Trumpeldor in Tel-Hai in northern Israel on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
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Israeli-owned ship in Gulf hit by explosion amid Mideast tensions
February 26, 2021
The vessel, identified as MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged vehicle cargo ship, is owned by a Tel Aviv-based firm called Ray Shipping Ltd.
A vector map of the Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: tunasalmon/Shutterstock.
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Cargo vessel bearing goods from the UAE arrives in Haifa Port
October 12, 2020
Haifa Port chairman of the board Eshel Armoni: “This is very exciting. This is a new era in the Middle East.”
Israel’s Haifa port. Credit: Zvi Roger/Haifa Municipality.
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White House reportedly to sanction Iranian ship behind Yemen terror attacks
August 15, 2018
The actions of the “Saviz” have militarily assisted the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, U.S. officials told “The Washington Free Beacon.”
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.
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