Tasnim Agency said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy detained, today, an Israeli occupation cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The British maritime security agencies UKMTO and Embry reported that the ship was seized 50 nautical miles off the coast of Fujairah, UAE.

Ambry noted that it had seen “still footage of at least three individuals descending from a helicopter on what appears to be a cargo ship.”

She confirmed that this method was “previously used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy.”

This incident comes amid escalating tension in the region, as the United States sent military reinforcements in anticipation of a possible Iranian attack. In response to a strike targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

In turn, Israeli occupation army radio said that the ship, which was attacked by Iranian forces near the Strait of Hormuz, was partly owned by an Israeli party.

The Associated Press quoted a defense official in the Middle East as saying that Iran was behind a helicopter strike on a ship near the Strait of Hormuz.

The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority announced that it had received a report about an incident 50 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah in the Emirates.

The Houthis repeatedly launch attacks on commercial ships in the Red and Arabian Seas, and their attacks disrupted global shipping traffic.

The United States and Britain carry out strikes on Houthi targets. In response to their attacks on ships.

Earlier, Reuters said that fears are increasing about the possibility of the conflict expanding in the Middle East and the Red Sea, with Iran pledging to respond to Israel. Because of an air strike on its embassy in Damascus.

The agency added that Iran supported groups that participated in attacking the interests of Israel, the United States, and shipping in the Red Sea, although Tehran has not yet played any direct role in the conflict, which has spread in the region, since the beginning of the Gaza war, six months ago.< /p>

She indicated that the United States believes that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is helping in planning and implementing Houthi missile and drone attacks on ships and shipping traffic in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.