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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/world/middleeast/israel-iran-ship-mine-attack.html
Israel Attacked Iranian Military Ship in Red Sea in Retaliation for Iranian Strikes
(New York Times) Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman - An Iranian military vessel stationed in the Red Sea was damaged by an apparent Israeli mine attack on Tuesday. The Tasnim news agency of the Revolutionary Guards said the Saviz had been damaged by a mine attached to the vessel. An American official said the Israelis had notified the U.S. that its forces had struck the vessel. The official said that the Israelis had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels. On March 25, an Israeli-owned container ship, the Lori, was hit by an Iranian missile in the Arabian Sea, an Israeli official said. Since 2019, Israel has attacked commercial ships carrying Iranian oil and weapons through the eastern Mediterranean and Red Seas. The U.S. Naval Institute reported in October 2020 that the Saviz was a covert military ship operated by the Revolutionary Guards.