Strait of Hormuz Blocked Again After Israeli Airstrikes; Traffic Stops After Only Two Tankers Pass

After a two-week truce agreement between the United States and Iran, ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has come to a halt again, Financial News reported. According to Iranian media on the 8th (local time), two oil tankers that had received authorization from the Iranian government passed safely through the Strait of Hormuz when the truce took effect. However, traffic through the strait was suspended again after Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi formally raised the issue of Israel’s truce violations with Pakistan, which had mediated the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
Araghchi said in the call that he expressed serious concern over a series of ceasefire violations by "the Zionist regime" (Israel) on Iranian territory and along the Lebanese front. He added that the two sides discussed these incidents in detail.
Israel accepted the truce between the United States and Iran and halted its military attacks on Iran. However, it declared that Lebanon, where the pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah is based, was not covered by the ceasefire and vowed to continue its operations there. On the same day, Israel launched its largest airstrikes since the start of the conflict, targeting Beirut, the capital, as well as southern and other regions across Lebanon.
rainman@fnnews.com Kim Kyung-soo Reporter