Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after being struck by projectile
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✓ Third-Party Fact-Checks
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· Alt News
A video showing an Iranian missile struck and destroyed Pakistan-flagged oil tankers while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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· Alt News
A video showing an Iranian missile struck and destroyed Pakistan-flagged oil tankers while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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· Snopes
A video authentically shows a Pakistani-flagged oil tanker burning in the Strait of Hormuz after being struck by Iran in March 2026.
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Via Google Fact Check Tools API · PolitiFact, Reuters, AFP, Snopes and others.
Article Excerpt
A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.
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Jul 7, 2026