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Trump vows to hit Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran strikes ships in Strait of Hormuz

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Mitchell McCluskey, Davis Winkie, Lex Harvey, Brad Lendon, Elise Hammond, Aleena Fayaz, Alejandra Jaramillo, Tal Shalev, Sophie Tanno, August Phillips, Michael Williams, Alisha Ebrahimji, Alaa Elassar, Sana Noor Haq, Logan Schiciano, Kevin Liptak, Hanna Ziady, Mustafa Qadri, Magdalena Vitores Moreno, Mostafa Salem, Ibrahim Dahman, Jomana Karadsheh, Jessie Yeung, June Jeong, Karina Tsui, Stephen Collinson, Arpita Dasika, Helen Regan, Kit Maher, Tori B. Powell, Morgan Rimmer
Trump vows to hit Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran strikes ships in Strait of Hormuz
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Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for attacking two Saudi-flagged oil tankers in the Red Sea using drones and missiles. While one vessel reported a fire, there were no casualties, and the incident follows a declared Houthi naval blockade on Saudi shipping.

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This escalation threatens global energy supply chains and maritime security in a critical international shipping lane.

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Link Copied! Houthis claim they attacked 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea By Mitchell McCluskey , Davis Winkie and Lex Harvey Satellite imagery appears to show Saudi oil tanker, Encelia, on fire after being struck in the Red Sea. NASA Worldview Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea early on Thursday morning local time.

In a statement, the militant group identified the targeted vessels as the Layla (IMO 9336098) and the Encelia (9240172). Both are Saudi-flagged.

A Houthi spokesman said the ships “violated the blockade in the Red Sea,” and claimed that they attacked the two vessels with multiple drones and missiles.

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