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Breaking! A cargo ship was seized in the Red Sea area, Japan and Israel spoke out separately

Release time: 2023-11-22   Browsing:635次
According to a new CCTV report cited by One Shipping:On local time Nov 19th, the Yemen's Houthi forces said they had seized an Israeli ship in the Red Sea area. The Israeli military said the cargo ship was scheduled to travel from Turkey to India, that the ship did not belong to Israel, and there were no Israelis on the crew either.
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) received a report at about 21:30 local time on 19th, claiming that the ship seized by Yemen's Houthi forces in Red Sea area on 19th was a Automobile Transportation Ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha(NYK) Co., and there's no Japanese on board. Details are still being confirmed.
A statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on the same day said the seized ship was a British ship, operated by a Japanese company, which was seized by the Yemen's Houthi forces at the behest of Iran. The statement accused Iran of being responsible for the incident. There is no response from Iran at this time.