Explosions reported near Qeshm as Hormuz missile claims circulate

Offshore blasts leave targets and consequences unclear

FaytuksNetwork relayed residents’ accounts of five or six explosions heard from the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, with one account placing the blasts far out to sea. DefenceGeek separately reposted a claim by @hey_itsmyturn that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had launched at least six anti-ship missiles towards the sea within 90 minutes. These were reported observations and allegations, not confirmation of an attack on a particular vessel. Residents’ accounts · Missile-launch claim

Sentdefender also relayed local reports of missiles launched into the strait, assessing that commercial shipping was the likely target while explicitly saying a US response was unclear. The account placed the reports against what it described as renewed US–Iran negotiations over administration of the waterway. Neither the target assessment nor the diplomatic account was independently established by the supplied material. Account and assessment

Maritime commentator Sal Mercogliano reposted a separate, explicitly unconfirmed allegation from Mario Nawfal that Iran was laying naval mines in Hormuz along a route used by ships to evade Iranian rules. The visible excerpt supplied no corroboration. In another repost, shipping-tracking account LVision Trading estimated that the seven-day average of crude-oil transits through the strait had climbed to 11.8 million barrels a day. That estimate should not be read as verification of safe passage or of the reported attacks. Mining allegation · Transit estimate

Riyadh schools suspend classroom teaching

FaytuksNetwork reported that in-person classes in Riyadh had been suspended through Thursday. A subsequent post said parents and students had received notices through officially approved communication channels, quoting two messages it said AFP had seen: “We have just been informed by Saudi authorities that schools must remain closed all week.” The posts did not establish a connection between the school measures and the reported events in Hormuz. Closure period · Messages quoting the order

Aircraft movements forecast; drone activity alleged in northern Iran

DefenceGeek forecast that three F-16Cs at Lajes could move into the US Central Command region the following day and that ten F-15Es might leave RAF Mildenhall for home. It also anticipated another aircraft movement towards the region the next week. These were expectations, not reports of completed deployments. Separately, Sentdefender reposted an allegation of intense UAV activity over Jolfa and Hadishahr in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, without identifying the aircraft or their purpose in the visible text. Aircraft forecast · UAV allegation

Gaza gestures and a prisoner-release call draw criticism

Israeli commentator Hananya Naftali said Ireland’s national football team planned to wear black armbands in support of Gaza during its match against Israel the following day. He condemned the gesture as hypocritical, contrasting it with the team’s response to Hamas violence. His post was a partisan reaction to the reported plan, not a statement from the team itself. Naftali’s account

In a separate post, Naftali said US Representative Ro Khanna was calling for Israel to release Marwan Barghouti on the grounds that he could help bring peace. Naftali opposed that position, citing Barghouti’s murder convictions and five life sentences. The account conveyed the dispute through Naftali’s criticism rather than a directly supplied statement from Khanna. Release-call dispute