Event details
CENTCOM said U.S. forces disabled the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello in the Gulf of Oman after repeated non-compliance, firing precision munitions into the ship's engine room and bringing blockade totals to eight disabled vessels, 134 redirected ships, and 42 humanitarian passages. AP and Reuters-carried reporting said India reported 21 of 24 Indian crew rescued and three missing, while the IMO secretary-general condemned acts endangering seafarers and called for a transparent investigation.
The event has moved from a blockade-enforcement notice into a maritime-safety and diplomatic test: crew status, India's protest, IMO scrutiny, and shipping-insurance reaction now matter as much as the U.S. blockade count. The watchpoint is whether the strike becomes a precedent for broader commercial-vessel risk near Oman.
- Local time
- 8:27 PM Gulf Standard Time, Jun 10, 2026; latest CBS/AP update window converted to Oman time. CENTCOM separately dates the strike to 11:14 PM Jun 9, which converts to 7:14 AM Gulf Standard Time, Jun 10, if the Tampa release timestamp is Eastern Time.
- Location
- Gulf of Oman, about 20 NM northeast of Sohar, Oman
- Relationship
- Update