Tanker attacked off Qatar in Persian Gulf, says UK
The British military said that several projectiles struck a tanker off the coast of Qatar, causing multiple casualties.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said the attack took place in the Persian Gulf, north of Qatar’s city of Madinat ash Shamal.
The city is on the northern tip of Qatar.
The UK military did not identify the tanker and did not provide any details about the casualties. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack and no comment from Qatar.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former military secretary has accused the Israeli leader of altering official transcripts of phone calls from the morning of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks. The accusations by Maj Gen. Avi Gil came in a wide-ranging interview with the right-wing Israel Hayom newspaper.
In excerpts of the interview published Thursday, Gil accused Netanyahu of attempting to change records of their phone calls in the first hour of the attack, possibly in an attempt to shift blame for failures that morning from the prime minister to his advisers. Gil said he reported the attempt, allegedly made by Netanyahu’s chief of staff, to the attorney general.
Gil served as military secretary from 2021 to 2024. In the interview, Gil also confirmed that a senior Egyptian intelligence official had visited Israel shortly before the October 7 attack. Asked whether there had been a warning, Gil said he did not know what message was relayed, but added: “Whoever met with someone or received something is still concealing it today.”
