Israel will present ambassadors from United Nations Security Council member states on Wednesday with intelligence information linking Iran to the fatal attack last week on an Israeli-managed oil tanker off the coast of Oman, according to Israeli media reports.

Israel’s Channel 12 quoted several diplomatic sources as saying that the intel would be presented during a briefing by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, as part of an effort by Israel to rally support for a “significant” international response.

While the Israeli Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the ambassadors have been invited to such a briefing, neither it nor the offices of Gantz and Lapid would comment further, according to the report.

The attack on the Mercer Street, which killed two crewmen, one British and one Romanian, is believed to have been carried out by means of an armed drone.... Read More: JNS