U.S. Central Command said on July 13 that U.S. forces carried out a five-hour mission against Iranian coastal locations after attacks on commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The targets included air defense systems, coastal radar and surveillance assets, command-and-control networks, anti-ship missile capabilities, drone sites and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats at Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa and Bandar Abbas.
Regional media citing the UAE Ministry of Defence reported on July 14 that two tankers, Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were hit by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz within Omani territorial waters. One person was killed and multiple others were injured.
CENTCOM also said a naval blockade regime on maritime traffic entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas would resume on July 14 at 4 p.m. ET, while traffic not violating the blockade would continue to be supported. It instructed mariners to monitor official notices and contact U.S. naval forces on VHF bridge-to-bridge channel 16 in the Gulf of Oman and Hormuz approaches.
In a separate warning on July 7, UKMTO said a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz had been struck by an unidentified projectile, causing structural damage, with no reported casualties or environmental impact.