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Iran war updates: US ‘disables’ ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 52 words · By Zaid Sabah; Lyndal Rowlands; Alex Milan Durie; Usaid Siddiqui; Elis Gjevori; Priyanka Shankar
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Iran war updates: US ‘disables’ ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman These were the updates from the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon from Saturday, May 30, 2026.

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Iran war updates: US ‘disables’ ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman These were the updates from the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon from Saturday, May 30, 2026.

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Published On 30 May 2026 This live page is now closed.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “updates from the US-Israel war on Iran”
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Five independent news sources (Flipboard, Al Jazeera, Krdo, France24, and FT) all refer to an ongoing 'US-Israel war on Iran' or 'US-Israeli war with Iran', with some specifying the duration as nearly three months.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Active hostilities broke out after surprise US–Israeli airstrikes targeting military and govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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Claim 2: “US ‘disables’ ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that U.S. forces used Hellfire missiles to disable a ship (specifically the M/T Jalveer) in the Gulf of Oman on June 10, 2026, for violating a naval blockade.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman, also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran, is a gulf in the Indian Ocean that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Oman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf rupee (Arabic: روبية خليجية, romanized: Rūbiyya Ḵalījiyya) was the official currency used in the British protectorates of the Arabian Peninsula that are around the Persian Gulf between 1959 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_rupee
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gulf states may refer to: Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Arab states of the Persian Gulf: six states above plus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_states
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Claim 3: “Israel’s attacks on Lebanon from Saturday, May 30, 2026”
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While no single source explicitly mentions 'May 30', multiple sources confirm an ongoing war in Lebanon in May 2026. Specifically, Al Jazeera reports attacks on May 17, 2026, and another source reports heavy bombing on May 26, 2026. Wikipedia confirms the '2026 Lebanon war' is ongoing. The pattern of attacks throughout May 2026 strongly supports the claim of attacks occurring on May 30.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, a war has been ongoing in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, with Israel invading parts of Lebanon. It is a resumption of major fighting in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire is a cessation of hostilities agreed between Israel and Lebanon on 16 April 2026, amid the ongoing 2026 Lebanon war and wider regional conflict linked to the 2026 Ira…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire
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