Overview
- U.S. Central Command said Navy destroyers moved through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday under the new operation and reported that two U.S.-flagged merchant ships left the Gulf.
- Iranian officials had warned that any foreign military entry would violate the ceasefire, and state media later claimed rockets struck a U.S. ship, a report the U.S. military denied.
- Both sides reported action around the waterway, with Centcom saying U.S. forces destroyed at least six Iranian fast boats and intercepted drones and missiles, while Tehran rejected the boat losses and described its fire as warning shots.
- Authorities in the United Arab Emirates reported drone and missile strikes that set a fire at energy facilities in Fujairah and injured several people, and media in Oman reported injuries from strikes on housing as oil prices climbed.
- Centcom outlined a large force package for Project Freedom that includes destroyers, more than 100 aircraft, unmanned systems and about 15,000 personnel, underscoring efforts to reopen a chokepoint Iran has largely closed since late February and drawing fresh calls from Germany for Tehran to free the waterway and forswear nuclear weapons.