On February 18, a patrol boat of the Israeli Navy was spotted on fire off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Nahariyya.
A photo posted to social media showed thick black smoke rising from the boat, which appears to be either a Super Dvora Mk II or III armed high-speed patrol boat.
Hebrew media didn’t clarify the cause of the fire or report any casualties. Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is yet to make any comment.
The Super Dvora is a high-speed class of patrol boats that is used for a variety of naval missions from typical off-shore coastal patrol mission profiles to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. Two boats of the MK II version and 13 from the newest MK III version are in service with the Israeli Navy.
A short while before the reports of the incident broke out, Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV, which is close to Hezbollah, said that an interceptor missile launched from northern Israel exploded off the coast of Lebanon.
It is very possible that the Israeli boat was targeted by Hezbollah, who reportedly possess a large arsenal of anti-ship weapons ranging from short-range missile like the Iranian-made Kowsar to suicide drones modified to attack vessels.
The incident came just two days after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed to escalate attacks on the IDF in response to the deaths of 11 Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli attacks earlier this week, saying Israel would pay a price “in blood.”
Hezbollah first demonstrated its ability to attack Israeli Navy ships during the war of 2006 when it successfully used anti-ship missiles to hit the Sa’ar 5-class corvette Hanit, killing at least four sailors.
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its just a case of jewish lightning so somebody gets insurance payouts
hopefully the zio-nazi heimy-heeby yid_kike-jew bedbugs are well roasted! if it was an anti-ship missile fired by hezbollah, then good shooting!
hezbollah didn’t say anything about it yet. the ship in question was just doing some maintenance… and they fuk it up i guess.
sure it is…
sure hezbollah wouldn’t say what they did…
what next they hide their deaths? hezbollah is the one that show us their attacks on zionists. what is your source?
…this is the new strategy of the super-jews, in order to remain undetected in fine weather, they shoot around like wild fog candles in the area in order to remain undetected.
because this tactic works so well, they are also so successful 😂😂😂
i just love good news for a change!
už nech sa vám podarí dostať niečo poriadne, ako napríklad nejaké to vojenské plavidlo vb, alebo usa. tie treba vyhnať z červeného mora. inak mier nebude.
everything is going according to plan in the special military operation in gaza to quote others if this happens elsewhere. and against somebody without a navy as well.
are you sure the iof did not train sending signals like the commanches in america?
just some jews roasting marshmallows on their boat who got a little carried away!!!
use what ever can to take anything zionist isreali out.
.. to cheer you up on a sunday
hee he