{"id":330909,"date":"2026-03-31T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:00:50","slug":"is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6E4XLllQX_U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6E4XLllQX_U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said there are many more vessels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>Sky News looked at the data to understand if that is true.<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #iran #usa <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said there are many more vessels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. Sky News looked at the data to understand if that is true. #skynews #iran #usa SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews Follow us on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[130009,131414,129067],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-330909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-defence","tag-pete","tag-secretary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6E4XLllQX_U\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-4622.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Defence\",\"Pete\",\"Secretary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sky News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/\",\"name\":\"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-4622.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-4622.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-4622.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6E4XLllQX_U\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim","datePublished":"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/"},"wordCount":169,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-4622.jpg","keywords":["Defence","Pete","Secretary"],"articleSection":["Sky News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/","name":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-4622.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-31T20:00:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-4622.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-4622.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-strait-of-hormuz-open-sky-news-checks-pete-hegseths-claim\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Sky News checks Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330909"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=330909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}