Three Tankers Ablaze as Settlers Attack EU Diplomats — SkimNews
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- Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, assaulting a French mayor and damaging cars in a delegation that also included officials from Belgium and Poland.
- Iran's navy reported an oil tanker caught fire in the Sea of Oman, contributing to a surge of vessel fires across the critical waterway on Saturday.
- The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) said a second oil supertanker struck a naval mine and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
- Three tankers sustained fires across the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman on Saturday, intensifying attacks on commercial shipping in the corridor.
- The French mayor, Belgian, and Polish officials were part of a European diplomatic delegation whose delegation vehicles were damaged during the settler assault.
Why it matters: Iran's navy attributing a Strait of Hormuz fire to a naval mine confirms direct military action against shipping, with three tankers ablaze across the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman in a single day. The settler assault on a French mayor and Belgian and Polish officials escalates violence against European diplomatic personnel in the occupied West Bank, with no diplomatic immunity honored.
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