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Two sailors remain missing after the oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran claiming the vessel caught fire after hitting mines while the US says it was struck by a missile and then a drone. The incident has added another flashpoint to tensions around the strait, a critical global oil chokepoint. A US Central Command spokesman told Al Jazeera that Washington's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is 'highly effective,' offering the clearest public assessment yet of the US military posture in the waterway amid the ongoing standoff over shipping security.