US Strikes Iranian Tankers; Iran Threatens Gulf Ships

The U.S. military struck multiple Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to more attempted Iranian missile launches at a U.S. Navy warship, a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity told NewsNation, the sister network of The Hill. The same account was carried by The Washington Times and The Independent. CNN reported the strikes near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz citing two U.S. officials, one of whom said the tankers were tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It is unclear which U.S. Navy warship was targeted, The Hill reported.

There was no on-record CENTCOM or Pentagon statement confirming Tuesday's strikes as of publication. A U.S. official told The Jerusalem Post that CENTCOM was "currently striking" Iranian oil tankers, but that account is also anonymous. That is a change from Saturday, when the U.S. military said publicly that it had struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles, warning it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet," according to The Independent.

Separately, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing U.S. officials, that Iran launched an attack on U.S. Navy ships on Monday that the U.S. military has not acknowledged, and that no American ships were hit. Reuters said it could not immediately verify that report, per the Jerusalem Post.