Washington: The United States will help investigate deadly attacks on oil tankers managed by the leading Israeli billionaire, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.
Mercer Street MT was beaten Thursday by Oman’s coast in Israel’s incident was blamed on Arch-Foe Iran.
Two members of the crew were killed in what the US military and the ship operator seemed to be a drone strike, with US Navy troops came to the help of the ship after the attack.
US Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with his partner Israel Yair Lapid and the two men agreed to work with other allies “to investigate the facts, provide support, and consider the next steps,” according to the Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Zodiac maritime ship operator, owned by Israeli Billionaire Eyal ofer, said a British security guard and Romanian crew member was killed in the attack.
On Friday, Lapid said he had ordered the nation’s diplomats to encourage UN actions against “Iranian terrorism”.
“I have instructed the embassy in Washington, London and the United Nations to work with their opponents in the government and relevant delegates at the UN headquarters in New York,” said Lapid on Twitter.
Analysts said the attack gave birth to all the advantages of Tit-for-Tat exchanges in the “Shadow War” between two Middle East Powerhouses, where ships related to each country had been targeted in waters around Gulf.