Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commandos rappelled down from a helicopter and seized an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions between the two countries. The attack comes in the wake of a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian consular building in Syria and the ongoing Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Commandos from Iran 's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israel i-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries.
Iran's state-run IRNA said a special forces unit of the Guard's navy carried out the attack on the vessel, which other media in the country widely identified as the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, a container ship associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime. A crew member on the ship can be heard saying: “Don’t come out.” He then tells his colleagues to go to the ship’s bridge as more commandos come down on the deck. One commando can be seen kneeling above the others to provide them potential cover fire.
The MSC Aries had been last located off Dubai heading toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The ship had turned off its tracking data, which has been common for Israeli-affiliated ships moving through the region.
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