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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Galaxy Leader

This image taken from video provided by the US Navy shows an aircraft launching from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2025. (US Navy via AP)
March 17, 2025, 6:12 am
Houthis claim 2 attacks on USS Truman; US strikes said to target seized Israel-linked ship
After series of American strikes said to kill 53, Yemeni rebels vow to ‘confront escalation with escalation’; Israel is on high alert for missile attacks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The crew of the Israeli Galaxy ship, which was seized by the Houthi group, sit under a poster of the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badruldeen al-Houthi, on their ship in the port of Saleef, near Hodeidah, Yemen, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
January 22, 2025, 5:24 pm
Houthis release crew of Israel-linked ship over a year after seizure off Yemen coast
Iran-backed Yemeni rebels say they freed sailors from Philippines, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Mexico after Oman’s mediation, ‘in support of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Yemeni boy sells models of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Houthi rebels in November 2023, in Sanaa on January 18, 2024. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
January 29, 2024, 6:59 am
‘A source of pride’: Yemen’s Houthi rebels open seized cargo ship to sightseers
Male-only visitors pay to go onboard Galaxy Leader, traveling from across the country to marvel at ‘Israeli ship’ anchored off Hodeida coast
By AFP
Illustrative: An Egyptian watches the British destroyer HMS Diamond pass through the Suez Canal as it sails from the Red Sea toward the Mediterranean, on December 2, 2012. (AFP)
November 30, 2023, 3:02 pm
Britain sends destroyer to Gulf to bolster maritime security
HMS Diamond will conduct operations to ensure freedom of navigation, reassure merchant vessels and ensure safe flow of trade, UK defense ministry says
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023. (Houthi Media Center via AP)
November 21, 2023, 3:44 pm
Iran-backed Yemen rebels’ attack on Israel-linked ship raises risks in vital Red Sea
Sophisticated helicopter-borne capture of Galaxy Leader, which experts say indicates Iranian know-how, opens a new maritime front in region long focused on the Persian Gulf
By AP and ToI Staff
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen publish a video showing how the group hijacked an Israeli-linked shipping vessel in the Red Sea on November 20, 2023. (Screen capture/X)
November 20, 2023, 6:55 pm
Houthis say Israeli ships ‘legitimate target,’ as threat to global shipping grows
Houthi official warns capture of Galaxy Leader, linked to Israeli businessman, ‘only the beginning’; Yemeni rebels boarded ship using same method Iran uses to seize vessels
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Bahaman-flagged 'Galaxy Leader' ship purportedly hijacked by the Yemen-based Houthis on November 19, 2023. (William J Leach Jr/VesselFinder used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
November 19, 2023, 7:33 pm
Yemen’s Houthis claim to hijack Israeli ship in Red Sea; Jerusalem: It isn’t Israeli
PM’s office accuses Tehran-backed rebels of committing ‘another act of Iranian terrorism’ with seizure of Galaxy Leader vessel
By ToI Staff
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