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After attack on vessel, International Maritime Organization pauses Strait of Hormuz evacuation. Day of debate about tolls in Strait of Hormuz. Iran calls U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council joint statement “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative.” Iran projects $40B annual revenue in Hormuz fees. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright discusses sanctions relief. Israeli forces continue operations across south Lebanon amid fragile “ceasefire.” Israel, Lebanon extend U.S.-mediated talks after failing to reach withdrawal deal. Killed and wounded. Two Palestinians killed after Israeli strike in northern Gaza. Fire hits Al-Shifa medical complex. Israeli forces, settlers storm Hebron mosque, block prayers. U.S. House of Representatives to vote on foreign aid to Israel, House Dems panic. Supreme Court allows Trump to nix protected status for Haitians and Syrians. 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Subscribe Iran and Ceasefire After attack on vessel, International Maritime Organization pauses Hormuz evacuation: On Thursday, a cargo vessel was struck on its starboard side by an unknown projectile about 7.5 nautical miles southeast of Dahit, Oman, damaging the ship’s bridge, according to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). There were no casualties reported. The International Maritime Organization announced a suspension of its systematic evacuation of ships out of the Persian Gulf “until further clarity” on Thursday. A U.S. official told The Associated Press that the vessel was hit by an Iranian drone, though no one from Iran’s military or government claimed responsibility for the attack. The incident comes after Iran’s IRGC said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is only possible via routes approved by Iran, and the IRGC warned that ships that used any “unauthorized routes” would be “dealt with by its navy.” Oman and the UN-affiliated International Maritime Organization (IMO) had announced a southern temporary shipping corridor in Hormuz on Tuesday. Day of debate about tolls in Strait; Oman says it is against transit fees: Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said that his country would not support the imposition of transit fees through the Strait of Hormuz during a joint meeting between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United States. Oman, which borders the strait, has a special responsibility to support international efforts to safeguard maritime navigation in accordance with international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Albusaidi said. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the meeting that “no country on Earth has the right to charge for the use of international waterways,” adding that fees or tolls for shipping would not be part of any deal, a key Iranian demand. In a joint statement following the GCC meeting, however, the U.S. and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman, rejected all “tolls” or “fees” on the Strait, among discussions of the MOU, Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. Iran calls U.S.-GCC statement “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative”: Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday dismissed the recent U.S.-GCC joint statement as “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative,” accusing Washington of distorting reality by portraying itself as a guarantor of Gulf security. The ministry said the Strait of Hormuz would be managed in accordance with the recently signed MOU. It called on Gulf states to prevent their territories from being used for any unlawful acts against Iran, urged them not to adopt the U.S. narrative on Tehran’s “peaceful nuclear program,” and instead support a “nuclear-weapon-free Middle East.” The statement also criticized the GCC for joining Washington and Israel in describing Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups as “Iranian proxies,” arguing that Israel is the region’s only “proxy.” The ministry added that regional security should be maintained by countries in the region rather than through reliance on foreign powers whose interventions have “repeatedly undermined” stability. Iran projects $40B annual revenue in Hormuz fees: Iran estimates it could generate $40 billion annually by charging for security, safety, navigation, and environmental services in the Strait of Hormuz under a proposed postwar management framework, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The proposal reportedly envisions revenue being shared with participating regional states, and the report says Iran has pitched the idea to its Persian Gulf neighbors and as far afield as China and Egypt, according to Iranian and mediating officials. Vance brags about “new relationship” with Iran : In an interview with UnHerd aboard Air Force Two on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance described a quasi-normalization of relations with Iran emerging from the war. Vance claimed Iran is offering nuclear concessions beyond those in the JCPOA. He said Tehran is proposing “a much more rigorous inspection regime” and the elimination of its enriched uranium stockpile. Iran has consistently denied this. Calling the UAE “by far the most hawkish, by far the most pro-Israel country” in the GCC, Vance said Emirati officials are holding unprecedented talks with the IRGC over what Iran would need to do to become “investable.” Energy Sec discusses sanctions relief: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright discussed the impact of lifting sanctions on Iran at an event in Idaho, saying Iran will now “be back to exporting similar volumes” of petroleum as during the Biden years—putting production and export capacity at 1.5-2 million barrels a day. Wright said dollars from new oil sales go straight to Iran with no restrictions, but insisted any released frozen funds would be “tightly controlled.” South Korean vehicles leave Strait of Hormuz: Eight more Korean-linked vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz have now exited the waterway, the country’s maritime ministry announced on Friday via the Korea Times, with 21 of the 26 ships with ties to the nation and which had been trapped in the Strait since February having passed through. Maritime traffic is continuing to recover, with Kpler recording 70 confirmed Strait of Hormuz crossings on June 24, up 105% from the previous day. Commercial shipping accounted for 53 transits as demining efforts progressed and more operators used the Omani route. Lebanon Killed and wounded: At least 4,230 people have been killed, and 12,179 wounded, in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. In its Thursday report, the ministry said 38 people were killed, most from wounds sustained in earlier attacks, and that eight had been injured over the previous 24 hours. Israeli forces continue operations across south Lebanon amid fragile “ceasefire”: The Israeli military dropped leaflets over al-Mansouri, a town in southern Lebanon, on Friday ordering residents to “stay away” and stating that approaching Israeli forces would put them “in danger,” according to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the first forced displacement order given since Friday’s “ceasefire.” Israeli troops, backed by military vehicles and bulldozers, also advanced from Hadatha toward the outskirts of Haris in Bint Jbeil district. In Markaba, Israeli forces continued bulldozing and burning homes, while warplanes carried out two airstrikes on the outskirts of Nabatieh Al-Fawqa. One person was also killed and another critically injured after an unexploded ordnance detonated in the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri on Friday. Artillery strikes on Barashit and Beit Yahoun after four Israeli soldiers injured: Israeli forces launched several attacks on southern Lebanon on Thursday, with Lebanon’s National News Agency reporting around 10 artillery strikes and machine gun fire targeting the outskirts of Barashit and Beit Yahoun. The attacks followed reports of a “security incident” involving Israeli troops near Beit Yahoun. The Israeli military later said that four Israeli soldiers were wounded—one moderately and three lightly—in an attack in Beit Yahoun on Thursday night, according to the Times of Israel. Israel, Lebanon extend U.S.-mediated talks after failing to reach withdrawal deal: Israel and Lebanon extended their U.S.-mediated talks in Washington to a fourth day after failing to reach an agreement on a partial Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon during Thursday’s negotiations, according to the Times of Israel. The fifth round of talks had been expected to conclude with a framework agreement under which Israeli forces would partially withdraw from the “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon, to be replaced by the Lebanese army in designated “pilot zones.” Palestine Two Palestinians killed after Israeli strike in northern Gaza: Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike Friday on Jabaliya Al-Balad, northern Gaza Strip, according to Al-Jazeera. A Palestinian man also died on Friday from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike a day earlier in the Al-Nasr neighborhood west of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Separately, another Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces near the Austrian cemetery west of Khan Younis, with Israeli forces opening fire and shelling the eastern areas of the city. Fire hits Al-Shifa medical complex: A massive fire broke out inside Al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City on Thursday, tearing through the only surgical operations building operating in northern Gaza. The fire was completely controlled, with no injuries reported , according to a statement from Gaza’s Health Ministry, which said an investigation was underway. Civil defense crews reportedly battled the fire with worn-out equipment, with the conditions inside the hospital characterized as “catastrophic.” Israeli forces, settlers storm Hebron mosque, block prayers: Israeli forces, accompanied by settlers, raided the Al-Ras mosque in the Al-Jaabari neighborhood of Hebron’s Old City before dawn on Friday, assaulting those inside and preventing worshippers from holding prayers, according to WAFA. They raised Israeli flags over the mosque’s entrances, broadcast songs through its loudspeakers, and forced two Palestinians who had been staying inside the mosque to leave before sealing the site. Settlers had also seized a plot of land belonging to the mosque around six months ago and converted it into a playground. Palestinian prisoners’ group says journalist’s case reflects Israel’s “slow execution” of detainees: Photos of Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh circulated on Thursday, showing the severe impact of his detention by Israel without charge in June 2025. Two days after his release in January 2026, Bani Mufleh suffered a severe brain hemorrhage linked to an illness he contracted in Israeli prison, rights groups say. He was hospitalized in critical condition and underwent multiple surgeries that left part of his skull removed and, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, still faces a long and complex recovery. The group says his case reflects Israel’s systematic torture, abuse, and denial of medical care to Palestinian prisoners. The group characterized the fate of those like Mufleh as a “slow execution” by his former Israeli captors. U.S. News By Julian Andreone, with Ryan Grim. Have a tip on Capitol