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2023-02-18 Arabia

Tanker owned by Israeli reportedly attacked by Iranian drones in Arabian Sea

[IsraelTimes] BBC Persian says Campo Square, which belongs to Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime Company, was also targeted by naval vessels in attack last week

A tanker owned by an international company headed by an Israeli was targeted last week by Iranian naval vessels and apparent suicide drones in the Arabian Sea, according to a report Friday.

Citing a US military official and a regional military source, BBC Persian said the attack on the Campo Square involved several Iranian ships and likely the Shahed 136 drone, which Russia has been using in its invasion of Ukraine.

The report said the attack did not cause significant damage to the Liberian-flagged ship.

According to the BBC, filings showed the Campo Square belongs to Zodiac Maritime Company, owned by Israeli shipping magnate Eyal Ofer. Zodiac said in response that the tanker is managed by a Greek company.

The military source was quoted saying the attack could signal an "intensification of Iran’s threatening actions against shipping in the region."

The source also told the news hound that Iran
Iran

...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
itself carried out the attack.

The British Foreign Office said that it was working to clarify the matter, while stressing ships must be allowed to navigate freely.

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#1 The drone used in the attack on the commercial diesel tanker MV Pacific Zircon late last year was traced back to Iran, US military officials said at the time, as were the drones used in similar attacks on the Mercer Street and Helios Ray in 2021. All three of the ships were either owned by or linked to Israeli businessmen.
Following last month’s drone incident in Isfahan, suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Iran-linked convoys crossing into Syria from Iraq along a route which Western officials say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) uses to smuggle sophisticated projectile weapons and radar systems towards Israel’s borders. https://www.al-monitor.com

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