🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Tanker struck by multiple projectiles north of Qatar, casualties reported

A tanker was hit by multiple projectiles 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, at 19:00 UTC on Wednesday, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the Royal Navy-run shipping monitor. Casualties have been reported.

The strike comes amid the most intense week of attacks on shipping since the war began on February 28.

At least 12 attacks on oil and gas tankers around the Strait of Hormuz between September 28 and October 5, the highest weekly total of the war, maritime security sources told Reuters.

Meanwhile, US officials keep boasting of "wartime record" oil flows through a strait they insist is open and under "total control". The tankers seem to have missed the memo.

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