An alleged video of the hijacked cargo ship “Galaxy Chief” has been launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The rebels, who had promised to focus on Israeli ships over its warfare on Hamas, insist that the ship is Israeli. Israel has denied, including that it doesn’t have any Israeli citizen on board both.
The ship from Turkey was heading for India when it was hijacked yesterday. The bone-chilling two-minute clip reveals the hijack.
The rebels had come on a helicopter that landed on the ship’s deck, the place nobody was about. Then shouting slogans and firing photographs, they run throughout the deck, taking on the wheelhouse and the management centre.
The few crew members seen within the video, taken fully abruptly, are seen placing up their arms. The opposite rebels are seen speeding by means of the ship, firing photographs.
The ship has been was re-routed to the Yemeni port of Salif port in Hodeida province, reported information company AFP, quoting maritime safety firm Ambrey and a Yemeni maritime supply.
The seizure “is barely the start,” Huthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam mentioned Sunday in an announcement posted on X, previously Twitter, pledging additional maritime assaults till Israel halts its Gaza marketing campaign.
The Bahamas-flagged ship was carrying round 25 crew members belonging to varied nations. It’s owned by a British firm, linked to Israeli tycoon Abraham “Rami” Ungar. The vessel was leased out to a Japanese firm on the time of the hijacking.
The Houthis, backed by Iran, have vowed to focus on Israel-linked vessels within the Purple Sea. After the hijack, they insisted that Israeli ships are “legit targets”.”Israeli ships are legit targets for us anyplace…and we won’t hesitate to take motion,” Main Basic Ali Al-Moshki, a Huthi army official, informed the group’s Al-Massirah TV station, reported AFP.
Israel has denounced the hijack and slammed Iran.
“Israel strongly condemns the Iranian assault in opposition to a world vessel,” learn a publish on X from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace. “That is one other act of Iranian terrorism and constitutes a leap ahead in Iran’s aggression in opposition to the residents of the free world, with worldwide penalties relating to the safety of the worldwide delivery lanes,” learn one other of its posts.
Iran has dismissed the allegations.