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Jerusalem (AFP) – An Israeli NGO petitioned Gibraltar’s top court Tuesday to sell an impounded Iranian oil tanker to compensate parents of a child allegedly killed by Iran-backed Hamas.<\/p>\n
Shurat Hadin, which wages legal battles worldwide against what it calls “Israel’s enemies”, says it won a $178.5 million US court judgement against Iran and Syria in 2017 over the death of an American infant killed in an attack in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
The Iranian tanker Grace I, capable of carrying two million barrels of oil, was seized on July 4 by police and customs officers in Gibraltar — a British overseas territory on Spain’s southern tip — with the aid of a detachment of British Royal Marines.<\/p>\n
US officials believe the tanker was destined for Syria to deliver oil, in violation of separate EU and US sanctions.<\/p>\n
Shurat Hadin founder Nitzana Darshan-Leitner told AFP that the vessel’s sale, if ordered by the Gibraltar Supreme Court, would not raise more than a fraction of the District of Columbia District Court’s award, but it could pave the way for the seizure of other Iranian assets.<\/p>\n
Speaking before the petition was filed on Tuesday, she did not know when or even if it would hold a hearing.<\/p>\n
“Anything can happen,” she said.<\/p>\n
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, seeking to ease tensions with Iran, said Saturday that the tanker would be released if Tehran guaranteed it was not bound for Syria.<\/p>\n
In October 2014, Palestinian Abdelrahman Shaludi drove a car into two groups of pedestrians in Jerusalem, killing three-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun and a young woman.<\/p>\n
He then leapt out of the vehicle and attacked passers-by with an iron bar, until police shot him dead.<\/p>\n
Hamas hailed the attack in a statement, calling Shaludi one of its “hero-martyrs”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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