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Hezbollah has released footage of the April 5 missile attack that reportedly hit a British warship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea by mistake.
At the time, the group announced that it had targeted a warship of the Israeli Navy with a cruise missile. It said that the warship was targeted 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 that it was “not aware” of any such attack by Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Israel’s Channel 14 News reported later on the same day that the “shore-to-sea missile” launched by Hezbollah targeted a British warship after mistaking it for an Israeli one.
The news channel said that the Israeli assessment indicated that “damage was caused” by the missile attack from Lebanon.
The footage released recently by Hezbollah confirmed that the group carried out the attack using an Iranian-made Noor anti-ship cruise missile, which is a reverse engineered Chinese C-802.
The Islamic Republic produces several versions of the Noor, with an average range of 120 kilometers, or around 125 nautical miles. The missile is equipped with an Inertial navigation system, and utilizes an active radar housing seeker in its terminal phase.
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.
British defense sources told The Telegraph that the warship was not attacked or struck. However, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced on April 7 that HMS Dragon will be docked after experiencing a “minor technical issue.” The statement resparked speculations that the warship was indeed hit.
In any case, the latest attack confirmed that Hezbollah is still in position of anti-ship missiles, despite many reports suggesting that this capability was wiped out by Israel in the previous confrontation.
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“the united kingdom’s ministry of defence announced on april 7 that hms dragon will be docked after experiencing a “minor technical issue.”
the real cause is in the laundry room……
we shall soon know what the truth is one way or another. if blighty doesn’t send any other ships to the area i reckon it can be safely assumed it’s for this reason.
https://hawarnews.com/ar/139946 hezbollah is defeated, the blame lies solely with assad and putin.
your reference goes to a different article
israel is taking lebanon—all of it!!!
mental illness in your enemies is always good to see.
brilliant, it’s time the persian arab iraqi iranian and houthis got together and fought the slugs.dead americans teaches only americans their sons deserve a life rather than an israeli orcastrated death!
these hezbollah videos have always seemed suspect to me. same graphics, sound when text gets typed, music, very little content, same zoom-in graphics. i can’t help but wonder if they aren’t made by somebody else as a pretext to attack lebanon..
war is a racket. thank you bankers and the epstine corporations rule. information control is primary. the population of lebanon does not wish compliance and land surrender to this
better stick with joooo teevee then for the “real” deal. nuffink happened to tell a vive, nuffink.
so “strengthening” some brit bases somehow moved cyprus 100 miles closer to the lebanese coast and caused a “minor technical difficulty” on a brit warship. quite a feat even for the peaceable (if you’re a zionist, otherwise no dissent permitted) starmer.
cypress bases are to attack turkey. israel will not accept regional peer nations. no end is coming
british warship got covid most likely
that’s nothing. we keep giving iran and the axis up to the minute info and fancy toys. we like giving lingchi to the big eyes for violating our forbidden city.
hezbollah is a slave revolt. mocking bird media will supply endless useless talking points to avoid truth or reasonable discussion at every instance. lies are the perfect example of proof. where are the causality reports ?
bravo! hitting the barbarians from pirate rock is wonderful news or was it just another washing machine “incident” like the pentacon punks?
there is no warship in the video, zero proof, israel fake news
this is but a scratch (black knight about c-802)
bad british laundry machines as well?