FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A tanker was struck by multiple projectiles off Qatar, hundreds of miles from the Strait of Hormuz, as attacks and harassment of commercial vessels in and around the strategic waterway reached their highest weekly level since the US-Iran war began. The latest incident occurred at about 1900 UTC on October 7, when the master of a tanker reported that the vessel had been hit by multiple projectiles approximately 50 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). Casualties were reported, although authorities have not yet provided details on their number or severity. RelatedNews Tanker attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, 12 crew injured Hormuz security further deteriorates as attacks hit multiple tankers var jnews_module_21410633_0_6ac76b91752f9 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21410633","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,2647,2470","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable",