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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Iran said to fire at 2 commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz, including Qatari gas tanker
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz overnight, Axios and the Wall Street Journal report.
Two commercial ships suffered significant damage but had no casualties, Axios says, citing a US official.
US Central Command does not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) said earlier that a tanker was hit by an unknown projectile on its port side while traveling southbound about 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Oman’s Limah, causing a fire.
One of the vessels under attack appears to be Al Rekayyat, a liquefied natural gas tanker owned and managed by Nakilat the shipping arm of Qatar’s LNG industry, the WSJ says, adding that the ship had been hit on the port side, at the top of the engine room.
The vessel was at the mouth of the strait, in the Gulf of Oman, when it was attacked, the WSJ says.
The development comes after indirect US-Iran talks ended last week without any public sign of headway toward a lasting peace, despite a 60-day ceasefire intended to create space for diplomacy following the US and Israeli strikes that triggered the conflict.
The Times of Israel Community.