The US military has carried out strikes on Iranian missile and drone storage sites after ships were struck by drones in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strikes were in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a commercial ship. The US said Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone on Thursday.
It comes after Donald Trump accused Iran of a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement, claiming Tehran fired at least four kamikaze drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said that one drone damaged a cargo ship, but the other three were “knocked down”. He did not name the ship, but it came hours after a Taiwanese-operated ship was fired on by Iran.
“Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement,” the president said.
The UN shipping agency temporarily paused its effort to evacuate hundreds of stranded ships and thousands of seafarers from the Gulf after the Taiwanese ship was damaged in the attack close to the Omani side of the waterway.
Meanwhile, the US, Lebanon and Israel on Friday signed a framework for lasting peace in the region, the US State Department said.
