Iranian missile hits QatarEnergy-leased tanker in Qatari waters
An oil tanker leased to state-owned QatarEnergy was hit by an Iranian cruise missile in Qatari waters on Wednesday, but no casualties were reported, Qatar’s defense ministry said.
The ministry said Qatar was targeted by three cruise missiles launched from Iran, with two intercepted and a third striking the Aqua One oil tanker.
The strike marked another escalation in the threat to shipping and energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf waters during the war.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards said earlier in the day that they had attacked the oil tanker.
"Aqua One was precisely targeted in the central region of the Persian Gulf in a missile battle," state media quoted the IRGC as saying.
The IRGC’s statement described the vessel as belonging to Israel, adding that it was hit in a missile attack by its naval forces and was burning.
