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Israel says attack on Iranian ship signals an obligation to defend itself

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Published: 8 April 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Defence official told US it hit vessel in response to attacks on Israeli ships; at official Holocaust Remembrance ceremony, PM warns against new US-Iran deal

Netanyahu: We won’t be bound by ‘Iran deal that threatens us with annihilation’ (Times of Israel)
Speaking at official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, PM says even Israel’s ‘best friends’ must accept that Jewish state is obligated only to defending itself

Quizzed on Iran ship blast, Gantz says Israel acts ‘wherever there’s a need’ (Times of Israel)
Defence minister refuses to comment on specific case; remarks come after US official attributes mine attack on alleged Revolutionary Guard ship directly to Israeli naval commandos

Israel is sending the US a clear message on Iran (Ynet)
With Washington apparently embracing Tehran at any cost, Jerusalem is taking matters in the region into its own hands, signalling to the White House that it will not be ignored and to the Islamic Regime that it is the master of the seas and will not shy away from a fight

Israeli forces carried out strike on Iranian ship in Red Sea, NY Times reports (Times of Israel)
Jerusalem tells US it hit vessel in response to attacks on Israeli ships; official US report calls Saviz covert IRGC base; attack comes amid indirect US-Iran talks on nuclear deal

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Gantz says Israel won't interfere in Palestinian elections, but 'won't work with Hamas' (Haaretz)
Israel's defence minister says he hopes the Palestinians make the right choice, a week after report said Shin Bet head tried to get Abbas to cancel the May vote

Photo: A suspicious boat off the stern of the Iranian ship 'Saviz' in the Red Sea in 2018 (Al Arabiya video screenshot)
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