An “Iranian drone” Hits an Israeli Ship
Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed
Israeli-owned ship attacked by Iranian drone in Indian Ocean, US defence official says, no injuries. A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defence official says. The attack of Friday on the CMA CGM Symi comes as global shipping increasingly finds itself targeted in the weekslong war that threatens to become a wider regional conflict — even as a truce has halted fighting and Hamas exchanges hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
The defence official, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, says the Malta-flagged vessel was suspected to have been targeted by a triangle-shaped, bomb-carrying Shahed-136 drone while in international waters.
