![]() Iranian threats of retaliation have raised alarms in Israel since the signing of normalization deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in September. Satellite-tracking data shows Bahamian-flagged MV Helios Ray was sailing along the Omani coast toward the Arabian Sea, days after a mysterious blast punched 2 holes in the vessels port side. “It is most important that Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons, with or without an agreement, this I also told to my friend (Joe) Biden,” Mr Netanyahu said. Iran has repeatedly vowed to avenge his killing. Iran also has blamed Israel for a recent series of attacks, including a mysterious explosion last summer that destroyed an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility, and the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program two decades ago. Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah have provided military support to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the more than decade-long Syrian civil war. Israel has struck hundreds of Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria in recent years, and Mr Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel will not accept a permanent Syrian military presence there. The explosion forced the vessel, reported to be the Helios Ray, to head to the. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Alex Kolomoisky/AP) An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing in the Gulf of Oman Friday. ![]() Mr Netanyahu’s office declined to comment on reports that Israeli officials were in Dubai on Monday investigating the attack. In a press briefing, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the Israeli leader was “suffering from an obsession with Iran” and described his claims as “fear-mongering”. Iran responded to Mr Netanyahu’s statement by saying it “strongly rejected” the claim that it was behind the attack. The Helios Ray had discharged cars at various ports in the Persian Gulf before the explosion forced it to reverse course. It remains unclear what caused the blast. The ship arrived in Dubai’s port for repairs on Sunday, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran. The Helios Ray sitting in port in Dubai (Kamran Jebreili/AP) The explosion struck the Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo ship, as it was sailing out of the Middle East on its way to Singapore on Friday. We are hitting it in the entire region,” Mr Netanyahu said. “Iran is the greatest enemy of Israel, I am determined to halt it. Mr Netanyahu spoke to Israeli public broadcaster Kan and said that “it was indeed an act by Iran, that’s clear”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week.
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