Fears grow in Lebanon of Israeli ground invasion as IDF preparing for "several more weeks of fighting against Iran and Hezbollah".

Several Gulf states reported fresh missile and drone attacks overnight.

Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.

US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz, privately acknowledging that reopening the key waterway is a problem without a clear solution and dependent at least in part on what lengths President Donald Trump is willing to go to force the Iranian regime’s hand,

At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.

Two additional Indian-flagged vessels carrying liquefied petroleum gas are making their way through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data show, following a route taken by other ships approved by Iran that hews closely to the country’s coastline.

Strait of Hormuz traffic is near collapse as Iran reportedly charges tankers $2 million in transit fees, prompting President Trump to threaten strikes on Iranian power infrastructure.

Bloomberg's Ron Brownstein comments on President Trump's ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on infrastructure, on CNN: CNN HOST: This threat that was issued by President Trump on Syria and Iran,