Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) are standing watch to enforce a U.S. blockade against ships entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) are standing watch to enforce a U.S. blockade against ships entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran had planned a massive attack against Israel, which he likened to a Holocaust, and claimed that joint actions with the United States prevented this threat.
On Tuesday, Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that 35 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces from Iraq entered Iran through the Shalamcheh border and were heading to the city of Minab to offer condolences to the families of students at Shajareh Tayebeh School.
More than two dozen Iran-linked ships carrying oil and gas have evaded the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) stand watch as U.S. forces remain vigilant and enforce the blockade against ships attempting to enter or depart Iranian ports and coastal areas.