{"id":59423,"date":"2026-07-13T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59423"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:34:45","slug":"rescuers-search-for-crew-member-after-container-ship-attack-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59423","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers search for crew member after container ship attack in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NICOSIA, July 13  &#8211; An Indian crew member is still missing after a Cyprus-flagged container ship was hit \u200bin the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday and \u200ca search operation is underway to find him, Cyprus&#8217;s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cypriot authorities said \u200bthe vessel, the GFS Galaxy, was struck by \u200ban &#8220;unidentified projectile&#8221; while transiting the waterway early \u2060on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crew abandoned the ship on a \u200blifeboat and 23 crew members were later rescued by \u200bthe Oman Navy, Cyprus&#8217;s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Indian crew member, identified as holding the rank of third \u200bengineer, was still missing, Cyprus&#8217;s DMS said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The vessel \u200bis currently under tow toward the nearest safe anchorage at the \u200cUAE \u2060port of Khor Fakkan. The towing team is actively conducting a search operation to locate the missing crew member,&#8221; Cyprus&#8217;s DMS said in an emailed \u200bcomment to \u200bReuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. \u2060military launched a new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-escalates-attacks-us-bases-gulf-states-warns-more-incidents-strait-2026-07-13\/\">round of strikes<\/a>&nbsp;against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps \u200bforces attacked the Cyprus-flagged container ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran&#8217;s \u200bIRGC navy \u2060said it had struck and halted a vessel that had &#8220;jeopardized maritime security by switching off its systems&#8221; \u2060after \u200bit, along with other vessels, \u200battempted to transit through an unauthorised route despite warnings to correct \u200bits course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) NICOSIA, July 13 &#8211; An Indian crew member is still missing after a Cyprus-flagged container ship was hit \u200bin the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday and \u200ca search operation is underway to find him, Cyprus&#8217;s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said on Monday. Cypriot authorities said \u200bthe vessel, the GFS Galaxy, was struck by \u200ban &#8220;unidentified projectile&#8221; while transiting the waterway early \u2060on Sunday. The crew abandoned the ship on a \u200blifeboat and 23 crew members were later rescued by \u200bthe Oman Navy, Cyprus&#8217;s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said. An Indian crew member, identified as holding the rank of third&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59425,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59423\/revisions\/59425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}