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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're targeting ships that are Israeli-owned or run, going to dock in Israel or flying the Israeli flag.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're not though. The vast majority of the ships they've targeted have no connection to Israel whatsoever.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like? The examples I'm finding are linked to Israel.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This website has a good list of ships that have been attacked: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-12-31/ty-article-magazine/23-attacks-in-2-months-all-red-sea-ships-targeted-by-the-houthis/0000018c-5df7-d6f9-afbc-5dff7a430000 If you click each of the ships in the graphic you can see some details on them, as well as a link to a news story.

This story covers 2 ships: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/red-sea-missile-attack-uk-us-central-command-ships-unity-explorer-number-9-houthi-yemen-b1124491.html The Unity Explorer is UK owned and flagged in the Bahamas, while the Number 9 is Panamanian flagged, Bermuda and UK owned.

This story is for a Norwegan oil tanker called Strinda: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-12/ty-article/yemens-houthis-claim-attack-on-norwegian-oil-tanker-en-route-to-israel-in-the-red-sea/0000018c-5d0e-d0ec-afbe-df2e167c0000 The Houthis claimed it was heading for Israel but it was reportedly heading for Italy, however instead it diverted to a safe port.

The Platinum III was headed for Saudi Arabia: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-12-15/ty-article/.premium/houthis-ramp-up-attacks-on-ships-in-red-sea-with-little-international-response/0000018c-6d6a-de43-affd-fd6ad2b60000 This container ship is flagged in Liberia and owned by MSC, a European company.

Out of 21 or so ships targeted, only 5 were Israeli.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This story covers 2 ships:
standard.co.uk/…/red-sea-missile-attack-uk-us-cen… The Unity Explorer is UK owned and flagged in the Bahamas, while the Number 9 is Panamanian flagged, Bermuda and UK owned.

So apparently this

Saree also identified the first vessel as the Unity Explorer, which is owned by a British firm that includes Dan David Ungar, who lives in Israel, as one of its officers. The Number 9 is linked to Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.

The Sophie II’s owner, Kyowa Kisen of Imabari, Japan, told The Associated Press that the ship’s crew were safe and the vessel did not sustain serious damage. Managers for the two other ships could not be immediately reached for comment.

Israeli media identified Ungar as being the son of Israeli shipping billionaire Abraham “Rami” Ungar.

exists, but yeah that's weak. Can't find anything for the other one, but if this is their standard for "Israel-related" then I can see why everyone is angry about it.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's exactly it, half the time when they claim it's Israeli owned it's like there's one Israeli person in the parent company that doesn't have anything to do with that ship. At this point though I think they've all but given up making that claim and just target whatever they like, then maybe come up with excuses after the fact. And they've directly attacked US warships now, which is what the US strike was in response to.