India, July 14 -- An Indian seafarer was killed and six others were injured on Tuesday when missiles struck two Emirati oil tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz - in what was among the deadliest attacks since Iran and the US resumed open hostilities over the weekend.

The tankers, Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were hit while transiting the strait's southern shipping lane within Omani territorial waters, the UAE said in a statement. The attack came two days after Iran struck the Cyprus-flagged container ship GFS Galaxy, leaving one Indian seafarer missing. Ten others aboard were rescued.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the tankers had "ignored repeated warnings" before being "targeted and disabled", and accused Washington ...