Fox News reports that the United States shot down two Iranian drones overnight following an attempted attack on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The report cites a senior US official; no further details on the vessels or any damage have been released.
Fox News reported at approximately 10:30 Jerusalem that a senior US official confirmed Iran launched several suicide drones at commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz overnight, and US forces intercepted two of them. The report aligns with the earlier thread of incidents The Zioneer has been tracking since 04:20 Jerusalem, where initial reports of explosions and drone interceptions gradually consolidated into a confirmed pattern of Iranian harassment of merchant shipping in the strategic waterway.
The thread evolved rapidly: at 04:20 Jerusalem, the first version cited a senior US defense official telling Fox News that Iran launched attack drones at commercial vessels and US forces shot down two. Within minutes, subsequent versions added that an Iranian official told Reuters Iran fired at an oil tanker, that the US military confirmed the interceptions, and that a senior US official told Fox News shipping traffic continued normally. The corroboration base widened from a single US official to multiple sources across Fox News and Reuters, though no on-the-record attribution beyond 'senior US official' or 'Iranian official' has been provided.
As The Zioneer reported on June 11 at 09:47 Jerusalem, the US intercepted Iranian missiles launched toward the region overnight, and at 08:48 Jerusalem reported US strikes on Iran with 49 Tomahawk missiles. These events form part of a wider escalation in the Gulf, which also includes the June 10 IRGC claim of an attack on the US Fifth Fleet and the June 7 CENTCOM downing of two Iranian drones in the same waterway.
What remains open: no details have been released on the number or nationalities of the merchant ships targeted, whether any sustained damage, or the exact location and timing of the interceptions beyond 'overnight'. The report relies on a single anonymous senior US official, and no independent confirmation has yet emerged.
8 developments
- DevelopingUS CENTCOM Downs Two Iranian Drones in Strait of Hormuz
- ConfirmedCENTCOM intercepts Iranian suicide drones targeting commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
- StrongIran fires warning shots at US vessels in Strait of Hormuz
- DevelopingIranian channels claim downing of US drone over Khuzestan Province
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