Dubai, Nov 5 (AP) Iran’s state TV said Thursday that two oil tankers and a towboat caught fire after striking mines in the Strait of Hormuz. It did not provide details about possible casualties or the vessels’ flags. The claim could not be independently verified.
Quoting a statement by the Revolutionary Guard, the report said the Guard also seized two US drones in the airspace over the strait. The Guard routinely makes similar statements about targeting vessels as well as damaging oil tankers in the strait.
Tehran closed the strait after the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, launching the war.
South Korea’s military proposes expanding anti-piracy mission
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South Korea’s military proposed expanding the operational area of an anti-piracy naval unit deployed near Somalia to include waters south of Oman, saying conflicts in the Middle East have led to increased pirate activity.
Defence Ministry spokesperson Chung Binna said Thursday that the possible expansion would not involve South Korea in the US war with Iran.
She stressed that South Korea would not directly participate in military operations to ensure freedom of navigation near the Strait of Hormuz unless “allowable circumstances” were created, including an end to the war or an agreement to stop the fighting.
Assailant kills security officer in Jordanian capital
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In Jordan, an assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in the capital, Amman, on Thursday, in what Jordanian authorities described as a terrorist act.
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said a member of its forces was assaulted with a sharp object and died “in a cowardly terrorist attack”.
Jordan’s state-run Al-Mamlaka TV reported that the assailant, who was arrested, attempted to seize a weapon from the security officer. A second security officer intervened, and both the assailant and the second officer sustained injuries, Al-Mamlaka said.
Boy killed in Gaza Strip, hospital says
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Three Palestinians were killed in separate areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to health officials.
Israeli gunfire killed a boy in Bureij in the central part of the territory, according to Awda Hospital. A woman was fatally shot in another incident in Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital. An Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah killed one person.
The Israeli military said that they are aware of the airstrike in Deir al-Balah. The army didn’t immediately respond to a request for comments on the gunfire in Bureij and Khan Younis.
(PTI News)
