Israel Says Initial Assessment Is Iran Behind Explosion on Israeli-Owned Ship

Israel Says Initial Assessment Is Iran Behind Explosion on Israeli-Owned Ship
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at the Chagall Hall in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on May 24, 2020. Abir Sultan/Pool via Reuters
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JERUSALEM—Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday his “initial assessment” was that Iran was responsible for an explosion on an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman.

“Iran is looking to hit Israeli infrastructure and Israeli citizens,” Gantz told the public broadcaster Kan. “The location of the ship in relative close proximity to Iran raises the notion, the assessment, that it is the Iranians.”