Iranian state media is reporting that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, which have continued today.

Israel has said a ceasefire struck between the U.S. and Iran late yesterday doesn’t include its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where it launched its largest co-ordinated strike in the war to date.The Lebanese Health Ministry said 112 people have been killed today.

Most stranded oil and gas tankers remained inside the Persian Gulf.

  • panthera_@lemmy.todayEnglish
    161·
    20 hours ago

    Trump could get Israel to stop if he wanted to. The US provides a lot of military and economic aid to Israel.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        plus the media wouldnt immediately start reporitng on “blanche replacing BONDI” and it would bring up even more question.

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        12 hours ago

        I mean, he still could and also accept the consequences of the blackmail being released, but he won’t. Not entirely sure what he’s afraid of at this point, it’s not like he’s faced real consequences for anything else up to this point, what could he have done worse than raping and killing kids. But I also doubt he’s really interested in ending the conflict diplomatically, he’ll just lie about who’s responsible for the ceasefire falling apart and use it to justify whatever atrocities they feel like.

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          10 hours ago

          its also billionaires and other world politicians that are in the files, that havnt been doxxed yet, thats who hes trying to protect, also too much attention to himself from the files, since hes in it so many times.

        • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          11 hours ago

          We barely even scratched the surface of the Epstein files. We don’t know what kind of demented shit is in there that’s worse than running a child sex trafficking ring for the elite, but there’s definitely worse in those files, otherwise they wouldn’t be redacting what’s already out there and not releasing the rest.

          As we all know, there’s only one person Trump cares about, and he will do anything to protect what is left of his image in his dementia-riddled mind, even if it’s literally counter-productive, like bombing school children in Iran.