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 conflict 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 exhibits 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 pictures, they run throughout the deck, taking on the wheelhouse and the management centre.
The few crew members seen within the video, taken fully unexpectedly, are seen placing up their palms. The opposite rebels are seen dashing by way of the ship, firing pictures.
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 simply the start,” Huthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam mentioned Sunday in a press release 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 numerous 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 “professional targets”.”Israeli ships are professional targets for us wherever…and we won’t hesitate to take motion,” Main Basic Ali Al-Moshki, a Huthi navy official, advised 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 global 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 concerning the safety of the worldwide transport lanes,” learn one other of its posts.
Iran has dismissed the allegations.
