NYT: Israel informed U.S. it struck Iranian vessel
Unnamed American official tells the New York Times the attack may have been delayed to allow some distance to be made between American aircraft carrier in the area and the Iranian vessel Saviz, which was identified as a covert military ship operated by Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps
Daniel Salami, Yoav Zitun, AP |
Updated: 04.07.21 , 09:18
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Israel informed the United States it had struck an Iranian vessel off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea on Tuesday.
An unnamed U.S. official told the newspaper that the Israelis had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels, and that the vessel had been damaged below the water line.
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