The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) authority receives a report of a vessel located around 50 nautical miles east of Oman’s Sohar being boarded by unauthorized persons.
UKMTO says that it is unable to make further contact with the vessel at this time and that authorities are investigating the incident.
The incident is the latest since the US set up a multinational naval task force last month to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks, which are endangering a transit route that carries up to 12 percent of global trade.
The Houthis say they are targeting Israeli-linked vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is battling Hamas.
The Israel-Hamas conflict began when the Palestinian terror group carried out a devastating cross-border attack from Gaza on October 7 that killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The 3,000 terrorists who burst into Israel across the border also abducted at least 240 people, most of whom remain as hostages in Gaza.
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