{"id":195,"date":"2026-03-18T20:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:58:48","slug":"ukmto-warns-hit-by-unknown-projectile-11nm-east-of-khawr-fakkan-fire-aboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/ukmto-warns-hit-by-unknown-projectile-11nm-east-of-khawr-fakkan-fire-aboard\/195\/","title":{"rendered":"UKMTO warns: Hit by unknown projectile 11NM east of Khawr Fakkan, fire aboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 18, 2026, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a warning after an incident reported 11 nautical miles east of Khawr Fakkan (Khor Fakkan), UAE. The advisory stated that a vessel had been hit by an unknown projectile, resulting in a fire onboard. UKMTO urged passing vessels to transit the area with caution and to report any information related to the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UKMTO attack warning:<br><br>UKMTO has received a report of an incident 11NM east of Khawr Fakkan, UAE.<br><br>It has been reported to UKMTO that a vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile which has resulted in a fire onboard.<br><br>Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vz9QHLP2sW\">pic.twitter.com\/Vz9QHLP2sW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/2034415893422223545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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