Video: The U.S. struck an Iranian vessel attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. military struck the Iranian-flagged vessel Touska as it attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite the blockade.
This was reported by Reuters.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth that “a cargo ship weighing nearly as much as an aircraft carrier tried to break through our naval blockade, and it ended badly for them.”
According to Trump, the ship’s crew ignored warnings, so the U.S. vessel “stopped them by blowing a hole in the engine room.”
U.S. forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port on April 19.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the northern Arabian Sea at… https://t.co/iyzOQd93C3 pic.twitter.com/HwU4XS48Oq— DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) April 19, 2026
Iran, in turn, condemned the U.S. strike on the ship flying its flag as a violation of the ceasefire and an “act of maritime piracy.” A statement from the military command, distributed by the Tasnim news agency, states that Iran, in response to the strike on the container ship “Tuska” sailing from China, attacked several U.S. warships with drones.
President Trump just had the U.S. Navy BLOW A LARGE HOLE in the side of a 900-foot Iranian cargo ship!
A direct hit on the engine room of the TOUSKA after they refused orders to stop.
The video is unrelated (from 2025), but it shows what it looks like when a ship that size is hit. pic.twitter.com/xG5yyKM0Vk— USA NEWS (@usanewshq) April 19, 2026
Recall that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not consider the war with Iran to be over.
Official Tehran refused to participate in the second round of peace talks with the United States, which were to take place in Islamabad.
Iran rejected Trump’s claims regarding the transfer of uranium to the U.S. and accused him of manipulation.
