Report: Israel targeted Iranian oil shipping

• Published date: 11 March 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Date: 11 March 2021

According to the report, the attacks were carried out using a variety of weaponry that has been confirmed to include naval mines as well as other, more advanced techniques. This comes as a larger part of Israel's undeclared war against Iranian assets of all kinds in Syria.

Israel has, until now, practiced a policy of strict nondisclosure on the matter. It is suspected that this revelation is motivated by the Biden administration's attempts to draft a Middle East policy.

Each tanker is capable of carrying millions of US dollars worth of oil, according to The Wall Street Journal. They are controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and are sent to Syria with the intent of circumventing the many sanctions leveled against both countries. Syrian officials report that these operations have caused significant fuel shortages in the region.

Israel has also publicly accused Iran of interfering with maritime shipping and ignoring international law on the topic, using various tricks of the trade to move cargo unnoticed to Syria. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has recently blamed Iran for the explosion aboard Israeli-owned SS Helios Ray and a massive tar spill off Israel's Mediterranean coast. United States sources add that they believed Iran to be behind several naval bombings in 2019.

Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank that opposes the Iran deal and urges a hard line against Tehran, told...