President Donald Trump suggested that Iran hasn't yet violated the ceasefire.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.
Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded "one way or the other."
Israel launched strikes on Beirut Wednesday, targeting a Hezbollah commander, according to a joint release from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz.
"The terrorists, led by Radwan, were responsible for firing at Israeli settlements and harming IDF soldiers. No terrorist has immunity - Israel's long arm will catch every enemy and murderer," Netanyahu and Katz said.
U.S. Central Command said that U.S. forces fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker around 9 a.m. ET Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman.
In a press release, CENTCOM said the empty tanker was attempting to sail to an Iranian port after "repeated warnings."
"U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces observed M/T Hasna as it transited international waters enroute to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade," CENTCOM wrote in a press release Wednesday.
Officials said after the Hansa's crew failed to comply, forces fired "several rounds from the 20mm cannon gun of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)."
The shots hit the tanker's rudder, disabling its movement. "Hasna is no longer transiting to Iran," CENTCOM wrote in the release.
This is not the first time U.S. forces have fired on tankers attempting to bypass the blockade.
"The U.S. blockade against ships attempting to enter or depart Iranian ports remains in full effect. CENTCOM forces continue to act deliberately and professionally to ensure compliance," CENTCOM said.
-ABC News' Nathan Lee
President Donald Trump said combat operations in Iran are not over and the U.S. "could go in for two more weeks" to get "every single target," in an interview on Tuesday.
Trump was asked whether the combat operations in Iran are over, to which he responded, "no, I didn't say that."
The comments from Trump were taped around 3 p.m., according to the president's schedule; the same time that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was at the White House podium saying the exact opposite.
Rubio said the "operation is over," later doubling down and insisting that "Operation Epic Fury is concluded. We achieved the objectives of that operation."
Trump had also submitted a letter to Congress last week claiming that the "hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated," something that Rubio cited when arguing that the military operation was over.
President Donald Trump said in a post to social media on Wednesday that the U.S. could resume attacks on Iran if Tehran fails to agree to a deal to end the war.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump wrote.
"If they don't agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," the president added.
