U.S. Central Command said it struck the oil tanker Jalveer with two Hellfire missiles from a fighter jet in the Gulf of Oman, hitting its engine room. The vessel had been attempting to break the naval blockade and smuggle Iranian oil, according to CENTCOM.
U.S. Central Command announced it struck the oil tanker Jalveer with two Hellfire missiles from a fighter jet in the Gulf of Oman on June 10, hitting the vessel's engine room. The tanker was attempting to break the naval blockade and smuggle Iranian oil, CENTCOM said. The strike is the latest in a series of interdictions: as The Zioneer reported at 15:11 Jerusalem, CENTCOM disabled the same vessel earlier. The broader blockade enforcement campaign, which began April 13, has seen at least eight vessels interdicted, according to CENTCOM.
The Jalveer strike follows earlier U.S. actions in the same area. On June 10, CENTCOM disabled the M/T Settebello for a second time after it ignored warnings. On June 8, a U.S. Navy F-18 disabled the Iran-affiliated M/T Marivex. The U.S. has characterized the operations as enforcement of a maritime blockade aimed at preventing Iranian oil smuggling, which it links to regional security.
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