[US-Israel, Iran War Day #40] Trump Announces Two-Week Ceasefire, Conditional on Hormuz Reopening

In Brief…

• Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine said the ceasefire with Iran was only a temporary halt and forces remained ready to resume operations.
• A drone attack hit Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline on Wednesday, damaging a key export route carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect.
• President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that he will suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks, calling it a “double-sided ceasefire,” on the condition that Tehran agrees to the “complete, immediate, and safe opening” of the Strait of Hormuz.
• Oil prices tumbled and US stock futures jumped on Tuesday after President Trump announced a two-week suspension of attacks on Iran if Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, NBC News reported.
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council that Iranian armed forces will cease military operations if attacks against Iran are halted.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump weighs punishing NATO countries over lack of Iran war support