Iran-Israel war LIVE: U.S. and Iran trade fire, threatening fragile ceasefire

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place, despite exchanges of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. File picture of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln | Photo Credit: via Reuters The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets on Thursday (May 7, 2026) after an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran accused Washington of striking first. The violence threatened to unravel a fragile truce in effect since April 8 that brought an end to weeks of U.S.-Israeli attacks on the Islamic republic, which has retaliated with strikes across West Asia and by blocking the strait, a vital route for oil and gas shipments. Unwinnable war: Editorial on Donald Trump’s ‘Operation Project Freedom’ The U.S. military said no ships were hit. It said it doesn’t seek escalation but “remains positioned and ready to protect American forces”. US President Donald Trump dismissed the attacks as “a trifle,” saying he considered the ceasefire still active. He added that the U.S. is still negotiating with Iran. The West’s advantage lies not only in military alliances or economic scale, but in institutional resilience and its capacity to attract, integrate, and retain talent, writes Milinda Moragoda. The West’s advantage lies not only in military alliances or economic scale, but in institutional resilience and its capacity to attract, integrate, and retain talent Around 1,500 ships and 20,000 crewmen remained trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the UN’s International Maritime Organization chief Arsenio Dominguez said in Panama. Lebanon’s health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday. The new deaths came a day after Israel killed a Hezbollah commander in its first attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs since the shaky truce sought to end weeks of fighting. U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place Thursday, despite exchanges of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. “They trifled with us today. We blew them away,” he told reporters in Washington, insisting that talks were “going very well.” The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets on Thursday (May 7, 2026) after an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran accused Washington of striking first. U.S. and Iran clash amid ceasefire tensions, threatening fragile peace and escalating military actions in the Strait of Hormuz. Live news / Iran / Israel-US strikes on Iran / USA / war / West Asia / Israel Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Iran-Israel war LIVE: U.S. and Iran trade fire, threatening fragile ceasefire

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