Overview
- With the truce due to lapse Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump said the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will stay in place until a deal with Iran.
- Trump warned that strikes could resume if no agreement is reached, while Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said operations against Iran are not finished.
- Iran signaled it is still weighing whether to attend a proposed second round of talks in Islamabad, as Pakistan stationed about 20,000 personnel for a possible meeting.
- Analysts cited by CSIS reported heavy U.S. use of advanced air‑defense and precision weapons, raising supply concerns that now factor into Washington’s push for more negotiating time.
- India mounted an exceptional security plan for West Bengal’s polls with roughly 250,000 central forces and about 200 armored ‘Marksman’ vehicles, and police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested an alleged A+ grade Lashkar‑e‑Taiba operative after years underground.