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US carries out third night of strikes on Iran after Hormuz tanker attacks
The UAE said Iranian cruise missiles hit two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, injuring one crew member and injuring eight others as vessels transited Omani waters.
The US carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday, as tensions rose around shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters. US Central Command said the operation began at President Donald Trump’s direction after he warned Iran would be hit “very hard” and said the US was targeting Iranian capabilities in the strait.
Trump reinstated a blockade of Iranian shipping and proposed charging a 20 percent fee to guard the strait, Reuters reported. The announcement came as US attacks continued for a third night.
The UAE Ministry of Defence said Iranian cruise missiles struck two Emirati oil tankers, the Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, while the ships were transiting the southern lane of the strait in Omani territorial waters, wounding one crew member and injuring eight others. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said a tanker was hit by an unknown projectile about 40 nautical miles northeast of Oman’s Qalhat, and that all crew were safe.
Iran has not commented on the latest attacks, Reuters added. Iranian media reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two “offending” supertankers were hit and disabled in the strait after ignoring repeated warnings and turning off navigation systems.