iPhones, different items seen floating at sea after 2500 container ships sank in Strait of Hormuz amid assaults on vessels (Video)

Containers and particles have been noticed floating within the Strait of Hormuz following a sequence of assaults by Iran on business vessels within the strategic waterway.

Footage printed by Al Jazeera on Thursday, October 15, 2026, reveals particles together with transport containers, iPhones, and several other different items scattered throughout the ocean after Iran escalated assaults within the Strait of Hormuz

One of the vessels, the Singapore-flagged container shipGFS Pride, sank after sustaining harm and catching hearth. Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority confirmed that each one 21 crew members had been safely evacuated, with no accidents reported.

This comes after Iran escalated assaults within the Strait of Hormuz in an try to wreak financial havoc on the Trump administration.

Iran’s surge in assaults on business transport within the Strait of Hormuz could also be an try to take advantage of US restraint forward of the midterm elections and undermine a restoration in Persian Gulf oil shipments, specialists advised Iran International.

Twelve vessels had been attacked between October 5 and 11, together with six on Sunday alone, and on Tuesday a tanker and a container ship had been struck by unknown projectiles, based on UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), marking one of the vital intense intervals of assaults for the reason that conflict started.

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