The United States sank five Iranian oil tankers; Iran answered with missiles toward a Jordan air base and claimed attacks on ships near Hormuz; Brent cleared $100. [1] Tuesday this paper asked why oil was not yet 100. Wednesday the number arrived with hulls.

Reuters described the biggest wave of shipping attacks since the war began. [1] Five sunk is a U.S. count. Ten claimed is an IRGC count. Do not average them. The prohibited zone is still not a published chart. A round number is not a polygon.

Keep Jordan in its own story. Keep a later oil print that belongs to a later edition off this page. Print 100 with the sinkings. Do not print a closed strait.

Print five. Print 100. Wednesday is not a closed Hormuz.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem