Updated on: August 15, 2026 / 6:59 AM EDT
/ CBS News
The United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil giant ADNOC said Saturday one of its vessels came under attack in the Hormuz strait, the latest incident in the waterway at the centre of the US-Iran conflict.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) "confirmed that one of its vessels was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of Friday, August 14", according to the official WAM news agency, but reported no injuries.
In its statement, ADNOC stressed the importance of protecting seafarers and safeguarding freedom of navigation and maritime security.
After the attack, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said the Gulf state would defend its "rights to freedom of navigation" in the Strait of Hormuz.
"The repeated targeting of ADNOC tankers will not deter the UAE from pursuing a balanced and prudent policy based on the three pillars of deterrence, diplomacy, and adherence to international law," he wrote in a post on X.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said seven people including two women and three children killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday were not military targets, after Israel said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure.
"The seven martyrs of the Israeli strike on the village of Ansar are not 'military infrastructure' and the women and children who were killed are not military targets," Salam said, adding that "Israel must halt this escalation", which he said was "extremely dangerous and undermines efforts to consolidate stability in the south".
The Israeli military said Saturday it struck the Iran-backed Hezbollah in the areas of Nabatieh and Ansar, in Lebanon, overnight.
"In response to an action by the Hezbollah terrorist organization against IDF soldiers in the Ali al-Taher Ridge, which is located in the Security Zone where IDF soldiers are operating, the IDF struck overnight (Saturday) Hezbollah terror infrastructure," the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement.
Lebanese state media said earlier an Israeli airstrike killed seven people, the worst toll since a deal agreed in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country's south early Saturday killed seven people, the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
The National News Agency (NNA) said "a strike launched by enemy warplanes on a home" on the outskirts of the village of Ansar "killed seven people and wounded three others" and destroyed the home.
The disputed Strait of Hormuz "will remain Iranian," a Tehran official said in response to President Trump's earlier declaration that the strait would become "a territory of the United States."
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, wrote on X early Saturday morning local time that the strait "cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech. Iran neither fears threats nor cowers before displays of power."