President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam welcomed news of a ceasefire in Iran, but pushed for a similar agreement in Lebanon, saying in a post on X that Israel's strikes there continue to show "utter disregard for the principles of international law and international humanitarian law, which it has never respected in the first place."

Salam said the Israeli attacks undermine international efforts to stop the war.

"Israel continues to expand its aggressions that have targeted densely populated residential neighborhoods, claiming the lives of unarmed civilians in various parts of Lebanon, particularly in the capital Beirut," he said. "All friends of Lebanon are called upon to help us stop these aggressions by all available means."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened.

"The strait is open," Hegseth said.

Hegseth said ships “will be sailing” through Hormuz.

“It's time for the rest of the world to step up and ensure that that stays open, after President Trump and the War Department brought Iran to the place where they are voluntarily opening it right now, as was announced last night," Hegseth said.

Israel will continue to target Hezbollah in Lebanon using "every operational opportunity," Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Wednesday.

"We will continue striking the Hezbollah terror organization and will utilize every operational opportunity. We will not compromise the security of the residents of northern Israel," Zamir said.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is monitoring Iran's enriched uranium and that it being handed over is a "non-negotiable" for the U.S.

"We know exactly what they have, and they know that, and they will either give it to us, which the president has laid out, will give it to us voluntarily ... or if we have to do something else ourselves, like we did in Midnight Hammer or something like that, we reserve that opportunity," Hegseth said.

"What the new Iranian regime knows is they'll never have a nuclear weapon or the capability to get a path to one," Hegseth said.