Iran war live: US, Iran attack oil tankers; crude hits $100 a barrel
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Iran war live: US, Iran attack oil tankers; crude hits $100 a barrel
Al Jazeera-Sept9th2026
By Umut Uras, Yasmeen Eltahan, Mariem Bah and Virginia Pietromarchi
- An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson says a restricted area extending from Chabahar in Iran into parts of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea will be announced and any ship that passes through the area will be sanctioned
- The US military says it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers following IRGC ballistic missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
- In response, IRGC says its forces targeted two American vessels and eight oil tankers, along with 10 additional “violating ships” accused of attempting to pass a “prohibited and unsafe zone” in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Guard also says it attacked a military base in Jordan hosting US troops with Amman saying it destroyed 18 ballistic missiles fired from Iran.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Tehran that Washington will continue to strike Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attempted attacks on US naval assets.
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Israeli minister says no plan to expel entire Palestinian population from Gaza
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says the Israeli government does not plan to deport all 2.3 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip – despite recent comments by far-right cabinet ministers saying that’s the intention.
Saar told a press conference in Slovenia: “If someone wants to immigrate [on] his own will and there is a country which is ready to accept him …. we will not oppose that. We will not force anyone against [their] will.”
A seven-year plan for removing Gaza’s population through “voluntary emigration” was released by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday. The previous day, Defence Minister Israel Katz said there is “no real solution for Gaza without this migration” of Palestinians.
The forced displacement of civilians from occupied territory is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
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