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The 10-day moving average was 10 on Sunday, down from more than 15 on Friday and nearly 13 on Saturday, data from analytics firm Kpler found. Only two vessels passed through the strait on Saturday while six went through on Sunday, mostly using the Iranian ‌route. US forces ‌struck three Iranian oil tankers ​on ‌Saturday, US ⁠Central Command ​said, ⁠including one off Kharg Island, Iran’s key oil export hub, following attacks by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on US warships in the region. In retaliation, the IRGC navy said on Saturday it targeted three oil tankers traveling unauthorized routes in the strait as well as three additional US ⁠vessels in other areas. The three Iranian tankers ‌were Downy, Stark I ‌and Kylo, also known as Noxen, maritime ​intelligence firm Marisks said ‌in a note. The Saturday attacks represented a “major escalation in ‌the maritime conflict,” Marisks said. “Commercial tankers are now being deliberately used as instruments of reciprocal economic pressure, substantially weakening the previous distinction between military confrontation and commercial shipping,” it added. “Risk is therefore assessed ‌as extreme for Iranian/Iran-linked tonnage and materially elevated for US-linked or US-escorted shipping throughout the Strait ⁠of Hormuz ⁠and Gulf of Oman.” There have been 27 projectile strike incidents since July 6, resulting in damage to vessels operating in and around the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in its weekly report. On Sunday, one very large crude carrier and three bulk carriers laden with metals, grains or oilseeds entered the strait, Kpler data showed. There has been no VLCC exiting the strait since Wednesday, according to Kpler data.   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