# IDF confirms Houthis hijacked ship in Red Sea, says it is not an Israeli vessel - Galaxy Leader **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [November 19, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603 "2023-11-19T18:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/1 "2023-11-19T18:32:13Z")
> **[IDF confirms Houthis hijacked ship in Red Sea, says it is not an Israeli vessel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel/)** > > \* \* \* > The rebels descended on the cargo ship by repelling down from a helicopter, the officials said, > There are no Israelis among the crew aboard the Galaxy Leader ship. Arabic-language media outlets say there are 52 crew members aboard the vessel. > **[UPDATED: Israel Reports Houthi Seized RoRo in the Red Sea](https://gcaptain.com/israel-reports-houthi-forces-seized-two-cargo-ships-in-the-red-sea/)** > > Israel reports the seizure of a British-owned, Japanese-operated cargo ship by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea, escalating tensions in international maritime security. The incident, labeled as an 'Iranian act of terrorism' by Israel, raises concerns... ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/2 "2023-11-19T20:56:06Z")
Is 52 a normal complement for a car carrier? ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/3 "2023-11-19T20:58:35Z")
Normally around 20-24 crew. ---
**Author:** ![Lew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lew)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/4 "2023-11-20T08:19:45Z")
Second article says there were 22 crew members on board, So who are the “extras” ? What is the cargo ? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/5 "2023-11-20T11:19:28Z")
> [@Lew](#): > > So who are the “extras” ? Maybe they had a riding gang doing repair work. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/6 "2023-11-20T11:21:10Z")
Most likely the early reporting was in error. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/7 "2023-11-20T12:48:55Z")
This article confirms the number of crews as 22, mostly Pinoys and Bulgarians: > **[Car carrier seized by Houthis - Splash247](https://splash247.com/car-carrier-seized-by-houthis/)** > > A ship owned by Ray Car Carriers and operated by Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) was hijacked by the Houthis in waters near the Yemeni coastline on Sunday, bringing instability to international trade lanes in the wake of war between Israel and... ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/8 "2023-11-20T14:26:45Z")
> A spokesperson for the Houthi group said earlier Sunday that all ships owned or operated by Israeli companies, or carrying the Israeli flag could be targeted. > > Ownership details in public shipping databases associated the ship’s owners with Ray Car Carriers, which was founded by Abraham “Rami” Ungar, who is known as one of the richest men in Israel. From VOA news. ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/9 "2023-11-20T17:42:53Z")
My Ship Security Officers course didn’t prepare me for hijacker’s rappelling down from a helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/10 "2023-11-20T18:06:33Z")
they had to see it coming on the radar? not a single crew member above deck? without defensive arms it’d be mostly impossible to stop them. moving items onto the deck to prevent landing ,… they’d probably just shoot you? i didn’t see any cars either? they may get some money for the ship, hard to say about the crew and yes, if they had 50 aboard it must of been quite a work party. ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/11 "2023-11-20T18:28:29Z")
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**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/12 "2023-11-20T19:40:48Z")
What about if they just land? ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/13 "2023-11-20T21:16:26Z")
I should have been more specific and said if they board using a helicopter. Either way they could strafe any opposition first. I dare say that back in the day if I had mentioned hijackers using helicopters it would have been regarded as far fetched. ---
**Author:** ![Bayrunner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bayrunner/32/966_2.png) [@Bayrunner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bayrunner)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/14 "2023-11-20T21:16:38Z")
> [@jimrr](#): > > they had to see it coming on the radar? not a single crew member above deck? I’m sure they saw them coming, but what is the ships crew going to do about it? The best thing to do is surrender to the heavily armed terrorists and hope they don’t magdump their AKs into you. ---
**Author:** ![renoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@renoun](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/renoun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/15 "2023-11-21T03:32:45Z")
A few hundred feet of cheap galvinized wire strewn about won’t stop a dedicated special operations force of a major military power from boarding your ship but it’s pretty good at keeping wanta’be commandos with a helicopter from landing aboard unopposed. ---
**Author:** ![LI\_Domer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/li_domer/32/768_2.png) [@LI\_Domer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/LI_Domer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/16 "2023-11-21T03:48:52Z")
Idk I’d be worried about that hind having rockets, or even a HMG to light up the bridge. Surrender might’ve been the only option, though these days being a hostage doesn’t sound very survivable. ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Sailor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/secret_sailor/32/42378_2.png) [@Secret\_Sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Secret_Sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/17 "2023-11-21T04:10:21Z")
In an ideal world what would be the proper response, and who would do the responding? ---
**Author:** ![Klaveness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/klaveness/32/7001_2.png) [@Klaveness](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Klaveness)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/18 "2023-11-21T07:37:49Z")
> [@Bayrunner](#): > > what is the ships crew going to do about it? I bet a creative soul with a line thrower could have worked something out… ---
**Author:** ![Lew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lew)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/19 "2023-11-21T09:23:53Z")
The chopper was a Mil 8 or an 11 a “Hip” with racks for ordnance but none mounted (the two SUU-57 rocket pods look empty). That internal top cargo deck in the vid looked empty. Wonder what they have on board ? ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603/20 "2023-11-21T10:33:31Z")
> [@Lew](#): > > Wonder what they have on board ? The reporting is there was no cargo aboard.There’s no drag wake in the video, looks light to me. [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/idf-confirms-houthis-hijacked-ship-in-red-sea-says-it-is-not-an-israeli-vessel-galaxy-leader/67603.md?page=2)