Two oil tankers 'disabled' by explosions in Strait of Hormuz

 Two oil supertankers were disabled by massive explosions after they ignored warnings against using an 'unauthorised route' in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz on Wednesday night, Iran's ⁠Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Thursday.

The two tankers 'exploded after hitting naval mines', Iranian state ‌media said later, ​showing what ⁠it said was video footage ​of the incidents.
In the ‌earlier months of the US-Israeli war ​with Iran, which began in February, the IRGC Navy had announced it had struck tankers directly.

More recently, it has ‌reported that vessels caught fire after ​hitting naval mines while using ​what it ‌describes as ⁠an 'unauthorised route' in the southern part of the strategic waterway.
In ​several cases, the United ⁠Kingdom Maritime ​Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) has said tankers in the strait have been struck by unknown projectiles.