Two new incidents were reported in the vicinity today of the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has made I note that an incident in the Gulf of Oman involved a container ships and military forces. Several sources specified that the container ship Vela Nova, under the Panamanian flag, would be was attacked by a U.S. military helicopter because would have tried to violate the naval blockade imposed by the United States on the ships bound for and departing from the ports of Iran, ignoring the Warnings from the American side.

In addition, the UKMTO has received reports of an incident off the coast of Al Mokha, Yemen, where a ship in transit in the southern Red Sea was hit by a bullet.