Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli strike on car in South Lebanon kills two: State media

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Lebanon hopes for extension of ceasefire at Washington meeting

Lebanese and Israeli envoys will meet for the second time in two weeks in Washington on Thursday, building on nascent contacts between the states, ⁠with Lebanon hoping for the extension of a shaky ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel. The 10-day, US-mediated ceasefire is set to expire on ⁠Sunday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israel urges Lebanon to cooperate in order to dismantle Iran-backed Hezbollah

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Lebanon to work with Israel to disarm the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah ahead of negotiations in Washington on Thursday.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran Guards say 'seized' two ships attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that their naval forces stopped two ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz and directed them to the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates |Iran still has significant military capabilities: Pentagon

According to a report by NBC news, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said Iran's military is largely defeated after weeks of US pummeling. But the regime maintains significant military capability, including thousands of missiles and one-way attack drones, according to a recent statement to lawmakers from the Pentagon's internal intelligence agency.

The intelligence assessment instead indicates that Iran remains a "potent regional power," casting doubt on claims that its "air force has been destroyed" and its "navy decimated".

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Three vessels hit by gunfire in Strait of Hormuz, crews safe

At least three container ships were hit by gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz ⁠on Wednesday, maritime security sources and the United Kingdom Maritime ⁠Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.

Iran has imposed restrictions on ships ‌using the strait, first in ​retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli bombardment of the country, and then in response to a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.

Iran attacks ship in Strait of Hormuz after it 'ignored warnings', claims Revolutionary Guard

Iran on Wednesday fired at a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the vessel, news agency Associated Press reported quoting Iranian media.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard opened fire on the ship after it had "ignored the warnings of the Iranian armed forces," it reported.

Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency described the attack as Iran "lawfully enforcing its control over the Strait of Hormuz. This move further complicates the efforts to bring the United States and Iran together in Pakistan for a second round of peace talks.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Israeli military says it's unaware of strike in Lebanon after report of deadly drone attack

The Israeli military ⁠said it ‌was ​unaware of a strike in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley ​on ⁠Wednesday after Lebanon's state news agency ⁠reported an ‌Israeli drone had killed ‌one person ⁠and wounded two others in the ‌area.

The ‌state-run National News ‌Agency ‌said the incident had taken place on ⁠the ⁠outskirts of al-Jbour in Lebanon's western Bekaa Valley.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iranian news agency reports military enforced 'maritime law' on vessel, reports Al Jazeera

Iran's Tasnim News Agency said Iran's military enforced "maritime law" on a container ship that had "ignored repeated warnings".

The news agency posted the report on social media above an earlier post by the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which had "received a report of an incident" on a container ship 15 nautical miles (28km) northeast of Oman.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they are ready to confront any new aggression, will 'inflict crushing blows on enemy's remaining assets' in case of renewed battle

Vessel reports Iranian gunboat attack near Oman, crew safe, UKMTO says

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade ⁠Operations (UKMTO) said ⁠on Wednesday ‌that it ​had received a report of an incident ​15 ⁠nautical miles northeast of Oman, where the ⁠master ‌of a container ship ‌reported being ⁠approached by an IRGC gunboat.

The ‌vessel ‌was subsequently fired ‌upon, ‌sustaining heavy damage to its bridge, though ⁠no ⁠fires or environmental impact were reported and all crew members ​were safe.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | 'Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day': Trump

In his latest post on Truth Social, the US president lambasted the West Asian nation and wrote, "Iran is collapsing financially!"

"They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately," Trump said.

He also claimed that Iran is "Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day."

The Iranian "Military and Police [are] complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!" he added.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Iran holds rallies including ballistic missile launcher

Iranian hard-liners rallied late Tuesday night as possible talks in Islamabad with the United States broke down, with members of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard apparently bringing a ballistic missile on a mobile launcher to one event.

Footage aired by Iranian state TV showed men carrying Kalashnikov-style assault rifles riding atop a missile that resembled a Qadr ballistic missile in Iran's capital, Tehran.

Such Qadr missiles can release individual bomblets known as cluster munitions, which Iran used widely when attacking Israel during the war.

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Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif thanks Trump for extending ceasefire with Iran

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked US President Donald Trump for extending the ceasefire with Iran, expressing hope that both sides would be able to "conclude a comprehensive peace deal" to end the conflict.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | White House shelves Vice President JD Vance's planned trip to Islamabad as truce hangs by a thread

US President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the US ally in the two-month war, would agree.

Iran, US-Israel War Live Updates | Trump mulls extending shipping waiver to ease US oil shipments, Axios reports

US President Donald Trump is considering extending ⁠the Jones Act ⁠waiver, which ‌allows foreign-flagged ​cargo ships to move fuel and other ​goods between domestic ⁠ports, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.