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Galaxy Leader
The Galaxy Leader is a roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier built in 2002 at Stocznia Gdynia in Poland, and it was operated by Nippon Yusen, a Japanese shipping company. The ship was owned by Galaxy Maritime Ltd., which is owned by Ray Car Carriers, Ltd., and was co-owned by Israeli businessman Abraham Ungar. In November 2023, the ship was hijacked by Houthis, who seized it and took its 25 crew members hostage in Yemen. The ship was powered by a Sulzer 7-cylinder diesel engine and had a capacity of approximately 4,500 Car Equivalent Units. The hijacking was described as sophisticated and bore the hallmarks of an Iranian-style operation, and the Iranian government was accused of providing operational and intelligence assistance to the Houthis. The incident threatened global shipping routes and prompted the creation of a new security operation.learn more on wikipedia
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 3.Israel Foreign Policy
- 4.Shipping industry
- 5.Ethnic tensions
- 6.Sunni/Shiites Dispute
- 7.Yemen Houthis
- 8.Iran Foreign Policy
- 9.Saudi Foreign Policy
- 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 11.Islamic Terrorism
- 12.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
countries
- 1.Egypt
- 2.Israel
- 3.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 4.Palestine, State of
- 5.Saudi Arabia
- 6.United States
- 7.Yemen
- 8.Lebanon
- 9.Russian Federation
- 10.Qatar
- 11.China
- 12.Morocco
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.Houthi
- 3.United Nations
- 4.Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project
- 5.Democratic Party
- 6.Hezbollah
- 7.Iranian Revolutionary Guards
- 8.Republican Party
- 9.Truth Social
- 10.White House
- 11.Face the Nation
- 12.Pentagon
persons
- 1.Abbas Araqchi
- 2.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.Donald Trump
- 4.Abdul Malik Al-Houthi
- 5.António Guterres
- 6.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- 7.Joe Biden
- 8.Michael Waltz
- 9.Sean Parnell
- 10.Yahya Saree
- 11.Amir Saeid Iravani
- 12.Anees Alsbahi