Signal to Israel: In Israel, it is estimated today (Saturday) that Iran is the one behind the explosion of the ship owned by businessman Rami Unger, last night in the Gulf of Oman. It was alleged that the blast was deliberately carried out as a signal to Israel as well, knowing that the ship was under Israeli ownership.
As in other cases where Iran hit other cargo ships, in this case too the assessment in Israel that whoever hit the ship planned it so that there would be no casualties as a result of the hit. As far as is known the explosion and damage to the ship occurred above the waterline and not at the stern of the ship, below the waterline, so that the holes opened were as a result of missile fire or the explosion of mines attached to the side of the ship.
Rami Unger (Photo: Aviv Hofi)As part of Iran’s fight against sanctions, it is being blamed for covert operations to damage ships, including oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. In 2019 there were a number of cases in which Iran is estimated to have carried out terrorist acts against boatmen in the Gulf, this time it seems for the first time the Iranians acted against a ship owned by an Israeli businessman that if it becomes a high pressure, Israel On a secret level.
The blast occurred last night in Oman Bay, leaving holes on both sides of the ship. The ship, which sailed under the Bahamas flag, was en route to Singapore from the Saudi city of Damam, and was forced to retrace its steps. The Fifth United States Navy, based in Bahrain, has announced that it is monitoring the situation.
Persian Gulf (Photo: Reuters)Immediately after the incident, the security company Dryad reported on the incident that: “Although the details regarding the incident are still unclear, there is a reasonable possibility that the incident is the result of asymmetric activity by the Iranian army,” the security company Dryad reported. “Such activity is in line with current tensions and the Iranian intention to use forceful diplomacy through military means in its immediate area of interest,” they added.