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The US military said aircraft disabled the engine room of the unladen Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it passed through international waters
US fires missile at tanker attempting to reach Iran amid strait of Hormuz standoff The US military said aircraft disabled the engine room of the unladen Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it passed through international waters US forces fired a Hellfire missile to disable a tanker attempting to break through the American blockade and reach, amid an enduring standoff in the strait of Hormuz and stalling efforts by Washington to secure a new ceasefire agreement with Tehran.
The US military’s Central Command said its aircraft disabled the engine room of the unladen Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie on Tuesday as it passed through international waters toward Kharg Island, north of the strait near Kuwait, after the crew ignoring repeated warnings over a 24-hour period. The Lexie is the sixth ship that the US military has disabled since its blockade of Iran began on 13 April.
The US military said it had so far redirected 122 vessels that were seeking to enter or exit Iranian ports. Shortly after Centcom’s announcement, Kuwait’s military said its air defences were intercepting missile and drone attacks and urged the public “not to approach or touch any debris, shrapnel, or unidentified objects that may result from intercepting hostile aerial targets”.that it claimed was involved in the US operation.
The latest strikes underline the lack of political progress in resolving the Middle East crisis, despitein his first appearance before the Senate foreign relations committee since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran. Rubio reiterated claims on Tuesday that a deal with Tehran was within reach, and claimed the regime had agreed to negotiate aspects of its nuclear program that it had refused to discuss even a month ago.
His comments come in direct contrast to the messaging from Iran, which has indicated it will suspend peace talks with the US in protest against Israel’s offensive inThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said: “The ceasefire between and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.
” Israeli warplanes have launched dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon despite a new agreement supposedly brokered bysaid on Monday that he had stopped an imminent Israeli strike on Beirut and that he had spoken to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and representatives of Hezbollah and both agreed that “all shooting will stop”. But on Tuesday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported 30 Israeli strikes across the south.
Near the city of Sidon, rescuers recovered the bodies of six members of the same family, including two children and a woman, after an Israeli strike. The Israeli military also issued a new evacuation warning for the southern city of Nabatiyeh before new strikes, accusing the “Hezbollah terror organisation” of violating the ceasefire.
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