Iranian paramilitary troops seize Portuguese ship with Israeli ties as tensions remain high
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a number of ships over the past five years, but decreased their activities as the Yemen-based Houthis conducted their own raids.
The MSC Aries, a Portuguese-flagged ship owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group, was passing through the Strait of Hormuz when an Iranian helicopter dropped IRGC troops onto its deck. Video taken by a crew member shows the troops rappelling down onto a stack of containers while the crew member tells his colleagues "Don’t come out." Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
He then tells the other crew members to go to the ship’s bridge while the IRGC commandos set up to take the ship, with one troop kneeling on top of the containers to provide potential cover fire if those on the ship tried to resist as more troops descend to the deck.
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