Centcom forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday, September 8, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles on two occasions in the past two days. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said it targeted two US ships and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in response to a US attack on five Iranian oil tankers, and also attacked ten vessels attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported by the Iranian Mehr agency. The Pasdaran also declared that they had bombed a US military base in Jordan.
Open diplomatic war between Israel and the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the turning point with which the Labor government in London, under the new leadership of Andy Burnham, announced unprecedented sanctions against the trade of products coming from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, followed closely by the commitment to do the same signed by 11 other countries: including Canada, France and various EU and non-EU European states (excluding Italy). Israel - supported by the US administration - responded by ordering, among other things, the official closure of the Kingdom's consulate in East Jerusalem. Haaretz reveals that 10 days before the October 7, 2023 attack, Netanyahu was warned that Hamas was planning a major offensive against the Jewish state, but he did not inform Israeli security leaders. “Lies,” he replies.
Donald Trump's US administration has not opposed the British-led initiative to impose new sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Axios reports this, based on what was reported by some US officials and Western diplomats. The White House's decision not to hinder London's initiative, which was joined by 11 other Western countries, signals the tycoon's frustration with the Netanyahu government's policy in the West Bank. Britain's sanctions against individuals and entities involved in building settlements in the West Bank have also been combined with a ban on the import of goods from the settlements themselves. The decision came in response to the Netanyahu government's choice to proceed with a new settlement in the delicate E1 area which would lead to dividing the West Bank, preventing the territorial continuity of a future Palestinian state.
The US military Central Command (Centcom) confirmed on X that its armed forces have "destroyed five Iranian oil tankers" in response to Tehran's attacks on an American warship. Centcom forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday, September 8, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles on two occasions in the past two days. The US unit "managed to avoid Iranian attack attempts and continued patrolling the waters of the region", reads the post which specifies that "no American personnel were injured". In response to Iran's most recent failed attacks, Centcom "destroyed the IRGC tankers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1 and M/T Riesco in the Gulf of Oman, as well as the M/T Derya near Kharg Island. American forces ordered the crews to abandon the ships before they were hit and rendered useless." Iran, we read in the post which also attaches a video of the attacks on the oil tankers, "has used these oil tankers as part of a multi-billion dollar occult network that finances the IRGC and its affiliated groups in the region.
"Today there are nine countries that together with France, Great Britain and Canada have decided to ban the trade of products coming from illegal colonies in the West Bank. On this we too had already presented a unitary proposal a few months ago signed by the 5 Star Movement, the Democratic Party and Avs. So let's go back to making a strong request to the government to do as other countries are doing because I think it's really serious that today the government has decided to miss out on this initiative too." This was said by the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, arriving at the 'Terra!' party. of Avs.
