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submitted 7 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries.

The Middle East had braced for potential Iranian retaliation over a suspected Israeli strike earlier this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people, including a senior Guard general who once commanded its expeditionary Quds Force.

The wider Israeli war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip is now 6 months old and is inflaming decades-old tensions across the whole region.

Iran’s state-run IRNA said a special forces unit of the Guard’s navy carried out the attack on the vessel, which other media in the country widely identified as the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, a container ship associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime.

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[-] peg@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Just a reminder that Israel committed an act of war when they illegally bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria.

Photo looks like a screenshot from MGS Phantom Pain.

[-] m13@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Nice one. Those vicious, bloodthirsty ghouls should be resisted by any means necessary.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Aren’t you supposed to use the Headline from the article and not editorialize??

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

I didn't editorialize it. I posted what the AP had at the time.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

That’s fair, but you probably should update the post if you are aware.

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml -5 points 7 months ago

Your title and the bit pasted in here leaves out that the ship is owned by an Israeli billionaire.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

The very first sentence of what they pasted in it says that it is an Israeli-affiliated ship. That it's owned by a billionaire really goes without saying.

As for the headline, it is the headline of the article, which is what is required in the community rules.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

it means I have to open the post and read the description, what's next, read the source article and think by myself?! That looks incredibly tiring

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml -3 points 7 months ago

How would I have known it was a billionaire Israeli ship if I hadn't opened and read the article smart ass?

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The posted headline here is editorialized…which is breaking rule 4 of this community.

Israel (in the article) v West (here)

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