Iran announces Strait of Hormuz closed and US strikes back

The right-side New York Post account is more complete on the immediate U.S. retaliation than the left-side BBC, NBC and Bloomberg items. The Post names the struck ship as “M/V GFS Galaxy,” says it was “a Cyprus-flagged container ship,” reports a civilian crew member is “missing,” gives “significant engineroom damage,” and quotes CENTCOM saying strikes began at “7:15 p.m. ET.” None of those ship-specific or timing details appear in BBC, NBC or Bloomberg; Bloomberg only says the U.S. launched its “third round of strikes,” while BBC says, at its publication point, “The US has not yet responded to the IRGC announcement.” The gap also runs the other way: BBC includes Iran’s reported toll from earlier U.S. strikes — “17 people were killed and 115 injured” — and says U.S. media reported Iran privately blamed tanker attacks on “a rogue internal group.” The New York Post does not include either point. The wording diverges sharply on the ship incident. The Post headline says “Iran attacks ship” and the story says Iran fired at and was “hitting a commercial ship,” while BBC attributes the episode to the IRGC and says it “targeted another ‘offending’ ship in the strait with a warning shot.” On the Strait closure, BBC and NBC lead with attribution — “Iran says” and “Iranian state media reports” — while the Post states “Iran announced” and adds that it was “defying President Trump’s ultimatum.” The emphasis is also different. NBC frames the story around Mojtaba Khamenei “vowing revenge for his father’s killing,” and BBC spends much of its piece on the funeral, revenge statement and assassination-threat dispute. The Post leads instead with the ship strike, Strait closure and U.S. military response. One basic question remains unanswered across the accounts: what specific Iranian targets were hit in the third U.S. round, and whether that round caused casualties.