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By Staff Reporter
- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman, insisting that Washington must return to its commitments under the memorandum of understanding before the waterway is fully opened.
- US President Donald Trump says that all mines have been cleared and detonated from the strait’s international waters and that Tehran has received warnings that any ships laying new mines will be “destroyed”.
- The US State Department has told Al Jazeera that Washington is taking “concrete action to end” this longstanding threat from Iran by cutting off Tehran’s remaining financial lifelines and delivering swift follow-up measures after recent sanctions.
- Israel’s ongoing violations of a “ceasefire” implemented last October have continued, as attacks killed at least seven Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday. Three of them were killed in a strike on a residential building in Beit Lahiya near Kamal Adwan Hospital, according to local medical sources.
