Egyptian official sources have told the Wall Street Journal that Iran was responsible for the drone strike on the Damietta port last night, according to reports on Telegram channels. The claim adds to earlier reports attributing the attack to Iran, amid conflicting accounts from Egyptian officials who initially described it as an industrial accident.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening that Egyptian official sources have confirmed Iran was responsible for the July 29 drone strike on the Damietta port. The report, cited by Telegram channels, marks the most direct attribution from Egyptian officials since the attack, following earlier conflicting accounts and a previous report that Egyptian authorities had blamed Iran.
On Wednesday evening, July 29, the attack initially prompted competing narratives: Egyptian security sources denied an external strike, describing the blast as an engine-room fire, while maritime security firm Ambrey confirmed that a Greek-owned LNG tanker was hit by at least one drone, causing a deck fire. Iranian sources later acknowledged the strike as deliberate, and by Thursday at 19:10 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Egyptian authorities had reportedly placed responsibility on Iran. The WSJ report now adds a direct on-record attribution from Egyptian officials.
The attack on Damietta port, a key Mediterranean energy hub, comes amid a broader regional escalation in which Iran has claimed responsibility for drone strikes on US assets in Kuwait and Bahrain, as The Zioneer has reported in recent weeks. The incident underscores the vulnerability of critical energy infrastructure to drone attacks.
It remains unclear whether Egypt intends to issue an official statement, and no independent verification of the WSJ report's sourcing has been provided. Iran has not commented on the Egyptian attribution.
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