Casualties reported from attack on Israeli-managed ship
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The vessel, a Japanese-owned product tanker called M/T Mercer Street, was allegedly attacked by pirates as it was sailing from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Fujairah, UAE with "no cargo onboard," the Zodiac Maritime shipping company said in its statement.
"We are in coordination and liaising with the UK MTO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations) and other relevant authorities," said Zodiac Maritime.
Though the ship is owned by a Japanese company, and Zodiac Maritime is based in Monaco, the UK-based Zodiac Maritime Office is managing the ship. The chairman and manager of Zodiac maritime is Israeli businessman and philanthropist Eyal Ofer.
The attack was initially announced by the British Defense Ministry and reported by the Associated Press. The British Defense Ministry did not provide further details, other than that the incident occurred Thursday night near the Omani island of Masirah, 300 km. from the capital Muscat, and was being investigated.
Oman, Israeli military sources and the US Fifth Fleet, which patrols the area, have yet to comment on the situation, AP reported.
The Northern Indian Ocean is within the range of Somali pirates, who use motherships to reach long-distance targets.
In the early 2000s, Somali pirates terrorized the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba before expanding operations to catch ships avoiding their operations.
Though the ship is owned by a Japanese company, and Zodiac Maritime is based in Monaco, the UK-based Zodiac Maritime Office is managing the ship. The chairman and manager of Zodiac maritime is Israeli businessman and philanthropist Eyal Ofer.
The attack was initially announced by the British Defense Ministry and reported by the Associated Press. The British Defense Ministry did not provide further details, other than that the incident occurred Thursday night near the Omani island of Masirah, 300 km. from the capital Muscat, and was being investigated.
Oman, Israeli military sources and the US Fifth Fleet, which patrols the area, have yet to comment on the situation, AP reported.
The Northern Indian Ocean is within the range of Somali pirates, who use motherships to reach long-distance targets.
In the early 2000s, Somali pirates terrorized the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba before expanding operations to catch ships avoiding their operations.
Disguising themselves as fishermen “they often use AK-47s and speedboats, and they were in [groups of] six to 10 well-armed men," Abdi Yusuf, a counter-terrorism expert based in Nairobi, previously explained to The Jerusalem Post Magazine. The pirates then board and hold the vessel, crew, and cargo hostage for a ransom. It is still uncertain the method in which M/T Mercer Street was attacked.
The One Earth Future Foundation estimated the cost of piracy of the global economy to be up to $6.9 billion in 2011 and up to $12 billion in 2010.
Since the use of private maritime security contractors on merchant vessels, and the increased patrolling of the high traffic area by world navies, Somali piracy has significantly reduced.
Despite the Zodiac Maritime report of piracy, Yusuf cautioned The Jerusalem Post that Iran could have been behind the attack. It "seems that it's Iranian proxies who are behind these attacks. They are targeting Israeli ships in what appears to be Tehran's latest shadow war against Israel."
Vessels owned or previously owned by Israelis have also come under a spate of attacks recently, allegedly by Iranian operatives.
On July 4 a cargo ship previously owned by an Israeli businessman was struck by an "unknown weapon" in the northern Indian Ocean, causing a fire to erupt onboard the vessel.
In April 2021, an Israeli-owned ship called the Hyperion was attacked near the shores of the Fujairah emirate in the United Arab Emirates after Iran vowed vengeance for the attack on the Natanz nuclear facility, which it blames on Israel.
A week before that, an Iranian vessel was attacked in the Red Sea, near Djibouti, with The New York Times having reported that Israel confirmed to the US that it was responsible for it.
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