Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is breaking Iran’s diplomatic axis and has reached a framework agreement that would allow it to end the conflict with Lebanon.

Norwegian oil services industry blockade has taken effect, disrupting offshore drilling operations.

The International Maritime Organization said on June 26 that preliminary counts show roughly 2,500 seafarers from 115 vessels have been evacuated from the Strait of Hormuz since it launched a crew-evacuation plan on June 23. The plan recommended two corridors — a northern route on Iran’s side and a southern route on Oman’s side — but the IMO suspended the evacuation after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman on June 25; AIS data show some commercial ships continued transiting the strait after the suspension.