Iranian sources report additional launches of cruise missiles and kamikaze drones targeting US warships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Hebrew-language journalist Hananel Aviv. The reports are unverified; no details on intercepts or impacts are yet available. The announcement comes amid ongoing US airstrikes in southern Iran and multiple waves of exchanges between the two sides.
Iranian sources report fresh launches of cruise missiles and kamikaze drones targeting US warships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to journalist Hananel Aviv. The report is preliminary and unverified, with no information on interceptions or impacts. This marks the latest in a series of exchanges across the waterway on Wednesday evening.
The thread of reports in the Strait of Hormuz began with unverified claims of anti-ship missile fire toward US warships in the Sea of Oman (22:03 UTC). Within minutes, a single Arabic-language channel reported attacks by cruise missiles and suicide drones, alongside explosions in Bandar Abbas (22:03 UTC). A single source then claimed Iranian missiles had hit a US destroyer (22:03 UTC), followed by reports identifying the weapon as a Khatam 2 hypersonic missile and a joint cyber attack threat from the Khanzala hacker group with the IRGC (22:03 UTC). Throughout, no US or independent confirmation has been provided. The current report from Aviv adds a new layer of claimed launches but shares the same unverified status.
As The Zioneer reported, this maritime activity unfolds alongside a broader US air campaign in southern Iran targeting command centers, ammunition depots, radar installations, and drone units (June 10, 22:29 UTC), and a wider operation hitting naval bases, air defenses, and missile batteries (June 9). Separately, Iran claimed a wave of attacks on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan (June 10, 21:06 UTC), and missile launches from Shiraz toward the Persian Gulf were reported (June 10, 21:36 UTC). A second wave of US strikes has been reported as underway (June 10, 22:16 UTC).
All claims of strikes on US warships, including the latest reported launches, remain unverified by US military, Israeli, or independent sources. No details on damage, casualties, or interceptions are available. Iranian state media has not commented on the latest report.
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