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Reported claim

“Donald Trump stated that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial traffic.”

high confidence 2 outlets · 2 reports

Strengthened after Jerusalem Post and Al-Monitor independently corroborated it.

Belief History

Jul 12 Jul 15

Sources

Jerusalem Post supports medium reliability
It's open
Jul 12, 2026
Al-Monitor supports medium reliability
the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial traffic
Jul 12, 2026

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