{"id":68695,"date":"2026-03-11T06:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-releases-footage-of-strikes-on-mine-laying-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz-video\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:59:06","slug":"us-releases-footage-of-strikes-on-mine-laying-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-releases-footage-of-strikes-on-mine-laying-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz-video\/","title":{"rendered":"US releases footage of strikes on mine-laying vessels in strait of Hormuz  \u2013\u00a0video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US military said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\">Iran<\/a> has begun laying explosive devices in the strategically vital waterway. About one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil passes through the strait, and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said this week it will not allow even &#8216;one litre of oil&#8217; to leave the region if US-Israeli attacks continue. On Tuesday, Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that &#8216;if Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!&#8217; Less than two hours later, the US military released unclassified <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2031489675760640370\">footage of its attacks<\/a> on mine-laying vessels<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/mar\/11\/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news\"><strong>Middle East crisis live: Claims new Iranian supreme leader \u2018safe\u2019 despite war injuries; ships hit in strait of Hormuz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/11\/us-iran-strait-of-hormuz-mine-boat-attacks\"><strong>US attacks Iran\u2019s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2026\/mar\/11\/us-footage-strikes-mine-laying-vessels-strait-of-hormuz-video\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US military said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran has begun laying explosive devices in the strategically vital waterway. About one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil passes through the strait, and Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said this week it will not allow even &#8230; <a title=\"US releases footage of strikes on mine-laying vessels in strait of Hormuz  \u2013\u00a0video\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/us-releases-footage-of-strikes-on-mine-laying-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz-video\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US releases footage of strikes on mine-laying vessels in strait of Hormuz  \u2013\u00a0video\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}