Hormuz Tanker Transits Blocked After Lebanon Hit, Fars Says
First responders rush to the site of an airstrike in Tyre, Lebanon on April 8.
Photographer: Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty ImagesThe passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz was halted as a consequence of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported.
The report followed an overnight ceasefire between the US and Iran that Fars said had resulted in the transit of two oil tankers. The halt to tanker movements happened simultaneously with attacks on Lebanon, it reported.