Israel's claims Hezbollah hit UK warship off Lebanese coast raises thorny questions

Israel's claims Hezbollah hit UK warship off Lebanese coast raises thorny questions

Media in Israel have claimed that a warship struck by a Hezbollah missile 68 nautical miles (nm) off the Lebanese coast was British, not Israeli. The Lebanese group had announced it struck an Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) ship with a “naval cruise missile” after several hours of monitoring it preparing to attack Lebanon. There appear to be no disputes that a warship was struck, only about whose navy it belonged to. The UK Ministry of Defence ha…