New Delhi, July 7 -- TEHRAN - The Strait of Hormuz was carrying roughly 25 vessels a day as of last week, a fraction of the 110 that moved through it before the war. On Tuesday, even that diminished traffic found itself back in the crosshairs.

Two commercial vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, with a tanker near the Omani coast catching fire after being hit by an unidentified projectile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations confirmed. A separate US official told Axios that a second commercial vessel had been struck by an Iranian missile. No casualties were reported in either attack. The strikes mark the first confirmed incidents in the waterway since July 4 and come five days after US and Iranian negotiator...