I wonder what cargo it was carrying, that got destroyed in the attack.
It sounds like the ship itself is still intact, which is not too surprising given how absolutely huge they are.
It sounds like the ship itself is still intact, which is not too surprising given how absolutely huge they are.
Most of the ships they target are either own fully or partially by Israeli companies, or are headed to Israeli ports
As I understand it, this is not true. If you have a citation listing strikes with manifests, I’d appreciate being able to update my priors.
Wikipedia lists 17 strikes. I see that 3 have some Israeli ownership or port of call: Galaxy Leader, Symi, and Strinda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_involvement_in_the_Isra...
From source Wikipedia, this is not true. Only 3 of 17 have Israeli ownership or ports of call. Do you have a source for Israeli ownership or ports of call for 6 more ships?
Also, your stated class of "owned by Israel-supporting billionaires" is moving the goalposts. That is not the announced Houthi criteria.
The Houthi org certainly has some motivation. Do the facts match the claimed motivation or not?
As far as I can tell Swan Atlantic is owned by a Norwegian company without Israeli ties and had no Israeli ports of call. That means the observed Houthi behavior is still 14/17 (82%) not-Israeli-related.
The Houthi behavior is significantly different from Houthi claims of motivation.