President Donald Trump disclosed a secret U.S. naval mission that moved more than 200 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz without Iranian interference, according to a report circulated by Israeli media. The operation highlights ongoing covert U.S. efforts to secure critical shipping lanes amid the broader campaign against Iran.
President Donald Trump has disclosed a U.S. naval mission that secured passage for more than 200 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz without Iranian interference, according to a report circulated by Israeli media. The disclosure, made public by 19:10 Jerusalem on June 10, follows a sequence of revelations in which Trump detailed an operation involving 22 tankers with disabled radar systems and the extraction of over 100 million barrels of oil. This newest claim expands the acknowledged scale of U.S. naval activity in the Gulf, which Fox News has recently described as a 'naval siege on Iran' with massive fleet deployment.
The thread began at 19:10 Jerusalem on June 10, when Trump first revealed a secret operation to seize 22 Iranian oil tankers. By that same hour, subsequent updates specified that the operation involved disabling Iranian radar systems, moving 22 tankers with lights off, and extracting millions of barrels of oil. Within the same hour, Trump attributed the current ~$85 per barrel oil price to the operation, claimed over 100 million barrels were rescued, and finally said the impact reaches consumers' wallets. The Pentagon has not officially confirmed details of this specific mission.
As The Zioneer reported in a background item on June 10 at 20:58 Jerusalem, Trump stated the mission covered 200+ vessels and 100 million barrels. Separately, the U.S. air campaign 'Operation Epic Fury' continues, with a senior U.S. official stating that many hours of strikes on hundreds of targets lie ahead, as The Zioneer noted in a prior bulletin. Iran has separately alleged that the United States has targeted its commercial ships several times since a ceasefire was implemented, claims that remain unverified.
What remains open: The Pentagon has not confirmed the details of this specific mission, and the scope of tanker disabling and the exact number of vessels involved have varied across Trump's statements within a single hour of disclosures.
14 developments
- ConfirmedTrump declares Iran 'finished' as 200 oil tankers cross Strait of Hormuz
- StrongTrump says tankers are sailing out of Strait of Hormuz, contradicting Iranian reports
- DevelopingCENTCOM: 55 commercial ships transit Strait of Hormuz, traffic increases
- StrongReport: Three Saudi oil tankers with 6 million barrels cross Strait of Hormuz
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