British 乗組員 member is の中で two dead as Israeli-operated oil タンカー linked to 億万長者 is attacked by drone off of Oman まっただ中に 高くする,増すd 緊張s with Iran?

  • Israeli-operated oil タンカー Mercer Street has been attacked off coast of Oman?
  • Ship was 攻撃する,衝突する late Thursday night just northeast of the island of Masirah?
  • Two 乗組員 members - one British and one Romanian - died during the 強襲,強姦?
  • Comes まっただ中に 影をつくる/尾行する-war between イスラエル and Iran that has seen ships frequently 的d around the Arabian 半島 in the last three years

A Briton is の中で two 乗組員 members killed when an oil タンカー linked to an Israeli 億万長者 was attacked off the coast of Oman.

The M/T Mercer Street,?a Japanese-owned ship managed by a company owned by 億万長者 Eyal Ofer, was 的d late Thursday 近づく the island of Masirah in the Arabian Sea - with an Israeli 公式の/役人 説 the 大型船 was 攻撃する,衝突する by a drone.

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Zodiac 海上の, the company which operates the ship, said two 乗組員 members were killed during an attack by 'unknown 加害者s' 含むing one British 国家の and one Romanian.?

分析家s said the attack bore all the hallmarks of tit-for-tat 交流d in the '影をつくる/尾行する war' between イスラエル and Iran, which has seen たびたび(訪れる) attacks on 大型船s around the Arabian 半島 in the last three years.

While no 政府 or group has yet (人命などを)奪う,主張するd 責任/義務 for the attack, Iran and its proxy groups are known to operate 戦闘 drones and have markedly 増加するd their use in 最近の months.??

The British 犠牲者 worked as a guard for UK 海上の 安全 会社/堅い Ambrey, the company said.??

Israeli-operated タンカー Mercer Street was attacked north east of the island of Masirah, 近づく the coast of Oman, late on Thursday night

'We are not aware of 害(を与える) to any other 職員/兵員,' the London-based office of Zodiac 海上の said, 追加するing that it is 調査/捜査するing と一緒に UK 当局.

Det ails about the attack are remain sparse, and what little (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) has been 解放(する)d appears contradictory.

The 部隊d Kingdom 海上の 貿易(する) 操作/手術s, a 支店 of the 王室の 海軍, said the attack happened Thursday night and did not 伴う/関わる piracy.

However, a 声明 put out by Zodiac said the company is 調査/捜査するing 'a 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd piracy 出来事/事件' on board the 大型船.

The company said the タンカー was travelling from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest port, to Fujairah in the UAE with no 貨物 on board when the attack happened.

'We will 供給する 付加 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) as it becomes 利用できる,' the 声明 said.?

Israeli?公式の/役人s did not すぐに 認める the 出来事/事件, and neither did Iranian 明言する/公表する-owned マスコミ.?

Meir Javedanfar, an 専門家 on Iranian 外交 and 安全 at イスラエル's IDC Herzliya university, told AFP the attack was 'most probably Iran'.?

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Exact 詳細(に述べる)s of how the attack occurred have not yet been 確認するd.?

Javedanfar said Iranians 'feel 不正に disadvantaged when it comes to 答える/応じるing to attacks inside Iran which have been associated to イスラエル', 含むing an April strike on the Natanz ウラン 濃縮すること 場所/位置 報道によれば 遂行する/発効させるd by イスラエル.?

An attack on a 海上の 大型船 'is one area where (Iranians) feel they can try to at least 報復する,' he 追加するd, calling the 最新の strike an escalation in the '影をつくる/尾行する war' between the two Middle Eastern powerhouses.?

But he 査定する/(税金などを)課すd the 根底となる dynamics of the 競争 would change little. 'Both 味方するs will continue what they're doing,' he said.?

Zodiac 海上の is part of the Zodiac Group, owned by 億万長者 Ofer, whose 企業s (期間が)わたる shipping, real 広い地所, 科学(工学)技術, banking and 投資s.?

Ofer was 階級d the world's 197th richest person by Forbes this year, with a fortune of $11.3billion. His 会社/堅いs own and operate over 160 ships.?

In イスラエル, the office of 総理大臣 Naftali Ben nett, and spokespeople for Defence 大臣 Benny Gantz and the Israeli army, 拒絶する/低下するd to comment on the attack.??

But it comes まっただ中に 高くする,増すd 緊張s between イスラエル and?Iran?as 交渉s remain 立ち往生させるd over Tehran's 核の を取り引きする world 力/強力にするs.?

タンカーs linked to イスラエル and other US 同盟(する)s have been 的d by attacks around the Arabian 半島 dating 支援する to 2019.?

In May that year, a 一連の 爆発s and 解雇する/砲火/射撃s on oil タンカーs linked both Iran and Saudi Arabia around the Arabian 半島 brought the two 味方するs の近くに to war.

The 爆破s began in when four タンカーs - two Saudi-flagged, one Norwegian-flagged and one Emirati-flagged - were 損失d 近づく the coast of UAE.

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Then in June, the?前線 Altair and?Kokuka 勇敢な were 損失d in what was 最初 報告(する)/憶測d as a 解雇する/砲火/射撃 on the latter 大型船.?

American 知能 機関s 支援するd by the UK and Saudi Arabia later (刑事)被告 Iran of 大(公)使館員ing limpet 地雷s to the 味方する of the タンカーs, blowing 穴を開けるs in the 船体 which 誘発するd the 炎.?

Mercer Street is operated by Zodiac 海上の, part of Israeli 億万長者 Eyal Ofer's Zodiac Group. The 会社/堅い said it was sailing from Tanzania to the UAE with no 貨物 when it was 攻撃する,衝突する

T hat was followed by drone and ミサイル attacks on Saudi Arabia's largest oil 過程ing 施設 at Abqaiq which it 非難するd on Iran.?

In October, Iran then 報告(する)/憶測d that one of its oil タンカーs had been 攻撃する,衝突する by two ミサイルs in the Red Sea, on the other 味方する of the Arabian 半島, in what it said was a 'テロリスト attack.'

Then, the follow year, Iran was 攻撃する,衝突する by a 一連の major 解雇する/砲火/射撃s that broke out on land - 誘発するing rumours of 破壊行為 操作/手術s.

Israeli ships have been 的d in 最近の months, with the MV Helios Ray - a car 運送/保菌者 - 攻撃する,衝突する by an 爆発 in February that イスラエル 非難するd on Tehran.

In March, an Israeli-owned 貨物 ship was also 攻撃する,衝突する by ロケット/急騰するs which Tel Aviv again said had come from Iran.

Two more attacks in April and May also 的d Israeli-owned 大型船s around Oman and in the northern Indian ocean.?

Earlier on Thursday, the British 軍の group had said it was 調査/捜査するing another unexplained 出来事/事件 in the same area, but it did not (a)手の込んだ/(v)詳述する.

Later Friday, the British 弁護 省 identified the 国籍 of the ship's owners, but did not (a)手の込んだ/(v)詳述する その上の.

Oman did not すぐに 認める an attack and 公式の/役人s there did not 答える/応じる to requests for comment.?

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The U.S. 海軍's 5th (n)艦隊/(a)素早い, which patrols the 中東の, did not すぐに 答える/応じる to a request for comment.

The 出来事/事件 comes まっただ中に 高くする,増すd 緊張s over Iran's tattered 核の 取引,協定 and as 交渉s over 回復するing the (許可,名誉などを)与える have 立ち往生させるd in Vienna.?

Since then-大統領 Donald Trump 片側だけに withdrew America from the (許可,名誉などを)与える in 2018, there have been a 一連の ship attacks in the 地域 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd to have been carried out by Tehran.?

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