US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles

military said it hit three Iranian oil tankers, after accusing Iran of targeting its warships. The past week saw the first exchange of fire after a month of relative calm.Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassador to Israel has again condemned settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels accused Yemen's government of killing three people in attacks. Israeli strikes killed three people in southern Lebanon.Here’s a look at the news in the Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.US forces hit Iranian oil tankersThe U.S.

military said in a statement said that the three Iranian tankers were part of a shadow network helping to fund Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and its armed proxies in the region.Iranian state TV said earlier that four U.S. missiles struck a tanker about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil. It said there were no casualties.Kharg Island been repeatedly targeted during the war, including U.S.

strikes on military sites there in March. The latest report comes almost a week after the U.S. resumed strikes on Iranian targets following a monthlong pause, as fighting around the Strait of Hormuz has intensified.The U.S.

military said that an American aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded “multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks” while patrolling in the region and no U.S. personnel were hurt.US ambassador calls violent Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’The U.S. ambassador to Israel has again spoken out against Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank, calling their behavior an “act of terror.”Ambassador Mike Huckabee on Saturday referred to the settlers as “terrorists,” a word U.S.

officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants. He was speaking to Palestinian American residents in the village of Turmus Ayya.“If there are squatters that come in and put up their own flags and take possession of something that does not belong to them, if they burn a car, if they torch a mosque, if they go into someone’s home and vandalize it, paint graffiti on the walls, that’s a criminal act. But it extends beyond a criminal act.