Oil Tanker Struck Near Hormuz Strait Amid Iran-US Military Exchanges

An oil tanker was hit by an unknown projectile near the Strait of Hormuz as military tensions between Iran and the United States escalated. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Saturday that it had launched attacks targeting American positions in the Gulf. The strikes came in response to prior US military action against Iran. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping lane, became the backdrop for the exchange of hostilities between the two nations.