{"id":26942,"date":"2026-04-09T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/iran-announces-alternative-hormuz-route-as-hezbollah-retaliates-against-israel-photos-videos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:03:14","slug":"iran-announces-alternative-hormuz-route-as-hezbollah-retaliates-against-israel-photos-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/iran-announces-alternative-hormuz-route-as-hezbollah-retaliates-against-israel-photos-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran announces alternative Hormuz route as Hezbollah retaliates against Israel (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Washington and Tehran are sparring over the terms of\u00a0the\u00a0ceasefire, while hundreds of vessels remain stuck in the strategic waterway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Hezbollah has targeted a strategic Israeli border settlement after the IDF carried out a deadly series of bombings that left at least 254 people dead and over 1,165 injured in a single day in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis response will continue until the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases,\u201d<\/em> the Lebanese armed group said after firing rockets at the Manara settlement early on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said Tehran\u2019s ten-point proposal delivered via Pakistan offers a <em>\u201cworkable basis\u201d<\/em> for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tehran has since accused the US and Israel of violating three of its ten conditions for ending the war, making the agreement appear unstable. The US and Israel are now insisting that Lebanon was never part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz also remains limited and under\u00a0the\u00a0control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps \u2013 which has published a map of <em>\u201cdesignated routes\u201d\u00a0<\/em>due to the risk\u00a0of mines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"The aftermath of Israeli attacks on Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/637586-us-strikes-irans-kharg-island-live\/\">Israel attacks Lebanon killing hundreds, Iran vows revenge for \u2018savage massacre\u2019: As it happened<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Key developments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has accused the US of violating three key clauses of Tehran\u2019s ten\u2011point proposal, including non\u2011compliance with the Lebanon ceasefire, the intrusion of a drone into Iranian airspace, and <em>\u201cdenial of Iran\u2019s right to enrichment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>US Vice President J.D. Vance said he has seen three different ten-point demands from Iran, which\u00a0have\u00a0contributed to <em>\u201cmisunderstanding,\u201d<\/em> claiming that the first draft was <em>\u201cprobably written by ChatGPT\u201d<\/em> and went straight <em>\u201cin the garbage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Trump lashed out\u00a0at\u00a0NATO member states that closed their airspace to US warplanes and limited the use of their bases for strikes on Iran. Washington\u00a0is considering\u00a0pulling out troops to <em>\u201cpunish\u201d<\/em> those states, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Follow our live coverage below for continuous updates. 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