WSJ report: ‘Israel’ bombed at least a dozens ships carrying Iranian oil in past to years

Washington (QNN)- The occupation state has targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil during the last two years, The Wall Street Journal reported citing US and regional officials.
The attacks, which the report said included water mines in the Red Sea and other areas of the region, would suggest a new front in the semi-covert conflict between the occupation state and Iran.
Some of the naval attacks blocked Iranian efforts to move weaponry in the region, the US media outlet reported. At the same time, the oil shipments were targeted “out of concern that petroleum profits are funding extremism in the Middle East”.
The strikes did not sink any tankers but forced at least two to return to port in Iran, it added. Iran did not immediately comment on the report.
The occupation state did not confirm or deny the Wall Street Journal report.
The occupation state announced a recent tar spill that ravaged its shores was caused by a tanker carrying Iranian oil bound for Syria. Beachgoers and cleanup crews have found baby turtles and fish covered in black sludge.
The Israeli environmental protection minister, Gila Gamliel, went as far as to suggest the incident was intentional, calling it a form of “environmental terrorism”. However, that claim was widely rebuffed by other officials, who said it was a leak.