Navy boat burning off 'Nahariya' coast leaves Israeli settlers in fear
A photo captured by an Israeli settler of an Israeli Navy boat rapidly spread across social media, causing a frenzy.
A Dvora-class fast patrol boat of the Israeli Navy sent plumes of smoke into the air off the coast of occupied Palestine, near the northernmost coastal city of "Nahariya".
Israeli media: The Dvor ship (a naval vessel belonging to the Israeli Navy) caught fire off the coast of Nahariya pic.twitter.com/xl3c8IVAJm
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Settlers in "Nahariya" shared photos of the patrol boat that had been spewing black smoke off the coast.
Itay Blumenthal, the military correspondent for Israeli broadcaster Kan, said that there was not an attack on the ship, claiming that what had occurred was a result of a routine "maintenance check".
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