IRGC Strikes Israeli-Affiliated Ship in Strait of Hormuz with Drone Attack

Tehran – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has stated that one of their unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) struck a ship linked to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz. The attack resulted in the ship catching fire.

“An unmanned aerial vehicle attacked a ship linked to the Zionist regime in the Strait of Hormuz; the ship caught fire,” the IRGC’s naval forces announced via their X account on Saturday (4/4/2026), as quoted by the Times of Israel website.

They specified that the drone-targeted ship was named MSC Ishyka. There has been no official statement or response from Israeli authorities regarding the Iranian drone attack on the vessel.

According to information from several websites monitoring ship traffic movements, MSC Ishyka is a container ship. The 208-metre-long vessel sails under the Liberian flag and was last tracked in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf.

The United States (US) and Israel launched a unilateral aggression against Iran on 28 February 2026. That attack directly killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In response, Iran has carried out a series of attacks on various US military and diplomatic facilities in the Middle East. Israeli territory has also not been spared from Iran’s retaliatory strikes.

Additionally, Iran has tightened access to shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. This measure has caused fluctuations in global oil prices. More than 20 per cent of the global oil supply is known to pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day.