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Blast-hit Israeli cargo ship anchors in Dubai port for repairs
[Times of Israel]An explosion-hit, Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman anchored in Dubai on Saturday morning, after a blast on Friday forced the vessel to head to the nearest port.Satellite-tracking data from website MarineTraffic.com showed the stricken ship, the MV Helios Ray, arriving at the Dubai port at around 11:00 a.m. Saturday. The ship had nearly entered the Arabian Sea Friday morning before it suddenly turned around and began heading back toward the Strait of Hormuz, according to MarineTraffic.com. The vessel, a Bahaman-flagged cargo ship carrying vehicles, was in transit from Saudi Arabia to Singapore. Hebrew media quoted unnamed Israeli officials as saying they believe Iran was responsible for the Friday explosion, which did not disable the ship or injure its crew of 28 members, but forced it ashore for repairs. A maritime risk intelligence company with a UK address and number, Ambrey Intelligence, tweeted a compilation of pictures said to be of the damage to the vessel. The veracity of the photos could not be confirmed. Ungar told Channel 13, "The crew heard an explosion. There was a blast, there’s a hole, there’s damage. There will be a check when the ship reaches port." He said the holes in the side of the ship were around 1.5 meters (yards) in diameter. While details of the explosion remained unclear, two American defense officials told the AP that the ship had sustained two holes on its port side and two holes on its starboard side just above the waterline in the blast. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Four times and it's Iranians.
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