The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center issued an advisory Saturday evening reporting that several vessels in the Northern Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman were subject to disabling fire as part of ongoing military operations. The locations overlap with those cited earlier by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which announced the destruction of three Iranian oil tankers in response to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacks on two U.S. Navy ships.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center issued an advisory Saturday evening reporting that several vessels in the Northern Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman came under disabling fire as part of ongoing military operations. The locations given by UKMTO align with areas cited earlier by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which at 16:44 Jerusalem time announced it had destroyed three Iranian oil tankers in response to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile attack against two U.S. Navy ships on Friday.
The incident marks the latest escalation in the maritime theater of the U.S.-Iran confrontation. As The Zioneer reported Saturday, CENTCOM stated that the destruction of the tankers was a direct kinetic response to the IRGC's targeting of American warships. The UKMTO advisory serves as a formal notification to international shipping of the hazards in the area, warning merchant vessels to exercise caution.
The number of vessels affected, their nationalities, and any casualties remain unclear. The advisory did not specify whether the disabling fire came from U.S., Iranian, or other forces. The situation continues to develop.
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