In the last few hours, the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates United denounced that the Emirati tankers Mombasa B and Al Bahyah were hit by two Iranian missiles while transited on the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz within the territorial waters of Oman. In a note, the The ministry specified that the attack caused the death of a Indian member of the crew of the Mombasa B and the wounding of eight others, four of them seriously. Six of the injured are of Indian nationality, while the others two are Ukrainians. In addition, the attack caused damage to both ships on which fires broke out that were later tamed.

The two ships are very large crude carriers of the Liberian flag operated by the UAE-based ADNOC Logistics & Services, a subsidiary of the state oil company ADNOC.

Expressing condemnation of these attacks, Abu Dhabi's ministry Dhabi stressed that these are serious violations of the law that pose a threat to security and stability and highlighted that the UAE is reserve the full right to respond to this escalation and to take all necessary measures to protect your territory and its citizens in order to safeguard its sovereignty, security and stability and to protect the national interests.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates has highlighted that "this aggressive Iranian attack constitutes a blatant violation of Security Council Resolution 2817 of the United Nations which enshrines freedom of navigation and condemns attacks on commercial ships and the disruption of international shipping routes. The United Arab Emirates - continues The Ministry's note - stressed that targeting the commercial maritime traffic and use the Strait of Hormuz as an instrument of economic pressure or blackmail constitutes piracy and poses a direct threat to the stability of the of the region and its inhabitants, as well as the security of the global energy supply".

Meanwhile, the U.S. Central Command announced that, based on the directives issued by the President of the United States, this evening the blockade of incoming maritime traffic will be reinstated and leaving Iranian ports, with the forces of Centcom that will make Comply with this blockade by continuing to support ship traffic for all ships that do not violate it. Centcom specified that in the first phase of the blockade, implemented from 13 April to 18 June their forces diverted the routes of more than 140 ships that were compliant with the blockade, deactivated nine non-compliant vessels, and allowed the transit of more than 50 ships engaged in the transport of humanitarian aid.