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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

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In this April 29, 2015 US Navy handout photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece on April 29, 2015 for a scheduled port visit. (US Navy/AFP, File)
December 24, 2023, 10:38 am
US says warship targeted with drones from Yemen; blames Iran for ship hit near India
USS Laboon shoots down UAVs after Japanese-owned chemical tanker is struck near Indian coast, amid ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthis in the region
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A picture of the oil tanker Chem Pluto as it appears on the website of the Port of Hamburg, Germany, on December 23, 2023. (Courtesy of the Port of Hamburg)
December 23, 2023, 7:04 pm
Oil tanker hit near Indian coast amid maritime hostilities against Israel by Houthis
The ship, identified as the Liberian-flagged Chem Pluto, sustains damage but none of its mostly-Indian crew are hurt; Jerusalem believes Iran behind drone strike on high seas
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this image released on July 15, 2022, by the Iranian Army, an Iranian warship carries drones during a drill in the Indian Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
September 2, 2022, 1:51 pm
Iranian navy reports thwarting pirate attack on merchant ship in Red Sea
Iran says ‘suspicious boat with 12 armed people’ departed the area after naval flotilla confronted it and opened fire
By AFP
In this photo released on June 10, 2021, by the Iranian army, an Iranian warship moves in the Atlantic Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
November 2, 2021, 10:36 am
Iran says it thwarted new pirate attack on one of its oil tankers
Navy fires warning shots during attempted assault at Red Sea entrance, in 2nd such incident in recent weeks
By AFP
A 17th century Arabian silver coin that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests against a piece of 17th century broken pottery featuring a likeness of Queen Mary, on a table in Warwick, Rhode Island, March 11, 2021 (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
April 2, 2021, 9:17 am
US discovery of 17th-century Arabian coins may solve murderous pirate mystery
Money could explain how Capt. Henry Every, then the world’s most-wanted criminal for plundering ships carrying Muslim pilgrims back to India from Mecca in 1695, eluded capture
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
The US Navy released this picture on April 12, 2009 of Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, standing alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) after being rescued by US Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia. (Official U.S. Navy photo)
February 13, 2019, 11:55 am
Iran general claims his country’s navy, not US, inspired ‘Captain Phillips’
Ex-navy commander says it was 2012 rescue of hijacked Chinese boat that was adapted for Tom Hanks movie, not 2009 Somali pirate case involving Captain Mark Phillips’ ship
By ToI Staff
Israeli sailor Roy Erez. (Facebook)
August 26, 2018, 1:32 pm
Israeli sailor held in Colombia accused of smuggling 234 kilograms of cocaine
Israel’s consul speaks to Roy Erez, who claims he was forced by pirates to transport a man he didn’t know on board his ship
By Michael Bachner
One of the hostages held by Somali pirates reacts as he arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 23, 2016, after being freed with other hostages. (AFP)
October 24, 2016, 7:37 pm
Hostages held by Somali pirates for 5 years ate rats to survive
Ex-British army colonel negotiates release of 26 kidnapped Asian sailors, who describe some of the inhumane conditions they endured
By AFP and ToI Staff
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London on July 14, 2016. AFP/POOL/Andrew Matthews)
July 14, 2016, 2:01 pm
Working with UK’s Johnson same as working with Israeli envoy — White House
Spokesman compares appointment of outspoken gaffe-prone new British foreign secretary to posting of Obama critic Ron Dermer to Washington, saying ‘special relationship transcends personalities’
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Zim shipping containers (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
November 12, 2014, 9:34 pm
Israeli container ship repels pirate ambush
Security guards on Zim transport vessel prevent coordinated assault in the middle of the ocean
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of a Chinese Luyang II Class Destroyer. (Photo credit: Wikimedia/public domain)
September 20, 2014, 7:45 pm
Iran, China prepare to conduct unprecedented joint naval drills
Chinese fleet enters Iranian territorial waters in ‘preparation for establishing peace, stability, and mutual cooperation,’ says Tehran’s navy commander
By ToI Staff
Ike Davis, on overcoming his hitting woes, says, 'You’ve just got to put your head down and grind.' (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
May 11, 2014, 1:53 pm
Optimistic Ike Davis hopes to right his ship with Pirates
Moving from the New York Mets to Pittsburgh in a mid-April trade is a fresh start for the first baseman
By Hillel Kuttler
Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)
January 21, 2014, 12:20 pm
In first, Iranian warships en route to Atlantic
Khark helicopter-carrier warship and Sabalan destroyer said heading west in historic trip, no military objective mentioned
By ToI Staff
Marina Weisband at a press conference in 2011 (photo credit: CC-BY: Tobias M. Eckrich)
January 15, 2013, 11:28 am
Jewish Pirate voted ‘sexiest politician’
Playboy survey honors Marina Weisband, although she quit her position with the German Pirate Party back in April
By Raphael Ahren
An audience attends a recent event held by the Israel Pirate Party (IPP) (Photo credit: Courtesy)
December 24, 2012, 5:05 pm
Arrrh! Rival Israeli Pirates vie for electoral treasure
Israel has not one but two Pirate parties, both of which advocate greater openness in government and the use of tech to enhance democratic decision-making. But like pirates of old, the strife between them brooks no compromise
By David Shamah
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