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Report: Israel carried out multiple attacks on Iranian oil ships en route to Syria

Wall Street Journal reports that strikes began in 2019 in an attempt to keep oil profits from reaching extremist groups. Israel not commenting.

by  i24NEWS and Neta Bar
Published on  03-12-2021 07:21
Last modified: 03-12-2021 07:21
Report: Israel carried out multiple attacks on Iranian oil ships en route to SyriaAP

An Iranian ship enters a Lebanese port | File photo: AP

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Israel has targeted at least a dozen Iranian oil ships bound for Syria since 2019, according to a new report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

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Multiple unnamed officials from the US and the Middle East told the WSJ that the vessels had been hit out of concern that oil profits from the cargo would go to fund extremism in the Middle East.

The strikes reportedly began in late 2019, employing weaponry such as water mines as ships traveled from the Red Sea and other parts of the region towards Syria.

US officials also claimed that some of the cargo carried Iranian weaponry destined for the Syrian government.

Israel has not commented on the WSJ report.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, has admitted that the IDF has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, mostly targeting Iranian military infrastructure and Hezbollah units.

The fresh reporting potentially unveils a new dimension in Israel's efforts to stop Iran from enlarging its influence in the region and comes amid soaring tensions between the two bitter enemies as the Biden administration looks to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Earlier Thursday, social media users reported an attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Mediterranean, which they claimed had been ignored by state media outlets. Discourse on Iranian social media accused Israel of the attack.

This article was first published by i24NEWS.

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