On Thursday, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported, without providing further details, that a cargo ship had been hit by an explosion in the Gulf of.
THE Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network said that it would not be silenced today after Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz designated it as a terrorist organisation.
Samidoun said the move was “the latest manifestation of a smear campaign that is intended to silence international support for the Palestinian people and especially the nearly 5,000 Palestinians jailed by the Israeli occupation.”
Its statement added: “This is an attack on the Palestinian prisoners’ movement as well as the right of Palestinians in exile and diaspora to organise. We affirm that we will not be silenced or deterred by Israel’s smear campaigns.”
Mr Gantz made his decision based on information provided by Israeli internal security service Shin Bet and the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel.
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Defense Minister Benny Gantz says his "initial assessment" was that Iran is responsible for the blasts that left holes above the waterline in both sides of the hull of the Israeli owned vehicle carrier that was on rout from Saudi Arabia to Singapore