Dubai: a British citizen and a Romanian killed when the tanker of the Israeli-managed petroleum products was under the attack on Thursday off the coast of Oman, said the company on Friday, in an incident that the Israeli foreign minister blamed Iran and said he received a response Which is hard and deserves a hard response.
, There are many explanations for what happened to Mercer Street, the ship marked by Liberia, with Israel’s zodiac maritime describing the incident as a “suspected piracy” and source at the Oman’s Maritime Security Center as an accident that occurred outside the territorial waters of Oman.
Iran and Israel have traded accusations to attack their respective ships in the past few months and Foreign Minister Israel Yair Lapid said he had told the British foreign secretary of the need for a difficult response to the incident where two crew members, one Briton and people Other English, killed.
“Iran is not only Israeli problems, but exporter of terrorism, destruction and instability that harms us all.
The world must not be silent in the face of Iranian terrorism which also endangers freedom of delivery,” Lapid said in a statement.
US and European sources who are familiar with intelligence reporting said Iran was their leading suspect for the incident, which according to US defense officials seemed to have been carried out by a drone, but emphasized their government who was looking for conclusive evidence.
Al Natural TV, the Iranian Arabic television network, quoted unnamed sources by saying the attack on the ship came in response to Israeli attacks suspected of being suspected and not specific about Dabaa airport in Syria.
There is no official reaction directly from Iran on charges that might be responsible.
Israeli news website Ynet said the assessment in Israel was that there were two attacks on the boat, a few hours apart.
The first did not cause damage, and the second hit the bridge, causing the victim.
It quoted an Israeli official who was not named said: “Israel will find it difficult to close the eyes” for the attack.
Tensions have increased in the Gulf region because the United States regulates sanctions on Iran in 2018 afterwards – US President Donald Trump draws Washington from Tehran’s Nuclear Deals with great strength 2015.
The United States considers the possibility of Iran to get nuclear weapons, a tehran ambition to deny, as a direct threat for Israeli allies.
The British Maritime Trade Operation (UKMTO), which provides maritime security information, said the attack was not piracy.
The ship was around 152 nautical miles (280 km) northeast of the Port of Duqm Oman when attacked, he said.
The London-based Zodiac Maritime, which was controlled by Jesus Israel ofer, whose father Sammy was the owner of the most famous Israeli ship, said the ship sailed under control over his crew and his own strength with the escort of the US Navy with the US Navy Guards.
According to the tracking of the refinitiv vessel, a medium-sized tanker to Fujairah, the port of bunkering and oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates, from Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.