Illustrative image. (Royal Navy)
Hezbollah launched a “shore-to-sea missile” at a British warship after mistaking it for an Israeli one on April 5, Israel’s Channel 14 News reported.
The news channel said that the Israeli assessment indicated that “damage was caused” by the missile attack from Lebanon.
Earlier in the day, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted a warship of the Israeli Navy with a cruise missile. In a statement, the group said it targeted the warship as it was sailing 68 nautical miles off the coast of Lebanon, claiming that it was “preparing to launch attacks on Lebanese territory” and that “a direct hit was confirmed.”
Nevertheless, the Israeli military told AFP when contacted later that it was “not aware” of any such attack by Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Following the Channel 14 News report, it was speculated by many analysts that Hezbollah’s missile hit HMS Dragon, a Royal Navy type-45 guided missile destroyer.
The warship was sent to the eastern Mediterranean to strengthen the two Royal Air Force bases on Cyprus, which were targeted with drones shortly after the start of the American-Israeli war on Iran more than a month ago, with later reports indicating that Hezbollah may have been responsible.
British defense sources, however, told The Telegraph’s defense editor Tom Cotterill that HMS Dragon was not attacked or struck.
Others analysts claimed the Lyme Bay from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary had been struck – though that vessel is in dry dock in Gibraltar.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) later confirmed it had not received any such reports, according to The Telegraph.
It’s worth noting that the UK previously attempted to hide the fact that one of the drone attacks on its bases in Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, caused damage to a hangar usually housing an American U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane. The damage was later, however, exposed by The Sun which obtained a photo of the hangar.
Based on this, it can’t be completely ruled out that some British warship, or even a commercial vessel took some damage by mistake as a result of Hezbollah latest attack.
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hahahahaha talk abouf desperate to portray hezbollah as british agents
we’ve already taken southern lebanon!
actually yes, is where you call it “israel”
and you are dying there.
s. lebanon is a high rent property. hezb. is out collecting the rent every day.
must have hit ghost ship
que irony…when the old syria have the bastion system the child killer go to mr.putin a tell then to retreat this weapons from syria…
if the iranian admin says it hit the vessel, it hit the vessel. this deployment has nothing to do with protecting bases in cyrus and everyone knows it. if the blighty navy wants to push its luck, that’s their decision. the mod is up to their necks in bullshit. our ‘king’ just had the headchopper of damascus as a house guest. when iran is done with the us and isreal, it will be time to sort out iraq and syria for the sake of its people. they are waiting and hoping.
rule britannia, britannia rules the waves …. with our one destroyer …. oh what a lovely war!i
those who know history hate the arrogance of the western colonialists, in the whole world! british imperialists messed with the region betrayed their allies and implanted a problem in the region. if it was true they still were around, they were assisting oppressors and as usual plotting deceptions, they would deserve to be hit but i give little credit to the colonial serial liars’ information war.
can we rule out the possibility that israel is simply lying about one of its ships being hit to further embroil the brits in their genocidal war?
i smell a uss liberty 2.0.
yeah, me too. another false flag. it could be that iof shoot at that ship.
the jews intentionally do that theu f alse flag another 911. jews did 911 jews did charlie kirk. they want to draw in all european nations because these ratface kikes are not winning on their own. they always need someone else to do the fighting for them and di e for them. its time the jews get their proper punishment and all chabad lubovich schneerson cult is removed from our societies forever.
ivanka trump and others psychotics.
“jews lie as reflexively and unthinkingly as humans breathe.” alex linder
good news how blood did this wrships spell of iraq,yemen,syria,iran did this wrships spell as well as russians while putin deny out of pride like biblical giant goliath trump