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Trump says US will guide ships out of Strait of Hormuz

PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district on May 2, 2026.
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Trump launches 'Project Freedom' in Strait of Hormuz
By David Brennan, Meredith Deliso, Jon Haworth
Last Updated: May 4, 2026, 11:14 AM

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 the blockade until Iran's proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded "one way or the other."

Key Headlines

  • Trump says US will guide ships of countries not involved in war out of strait
  • Trump must choose between 'impossible' war or 'bad deal,' IRGC says
  • Iran official says Tehran can sink US warships
  • IDF says it hit 120 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon
Here's how the news is developing.

May 04, 2026 11:14 AM

Trump must choose between 'impossible' war or 'bad deal,' IRGC says

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement via the state-run Press TV claiming that the U.S.' room for decision-making "has narrowed" amid the ongoing negotiating stalemate.

In its statement, the IRGC claimed that Tehran has set the Pentagon a deadline to lift its blockade of Iranian ports. It also claimed that the global tone of conversation on the conflict has shifted "against Washington," citing critical statements on the war from China, Russia and Europe.

President Donald Trump, the IRGC said, must choose between "an impossible military operation or a bad deal" with Iran.

PHOTO: A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-U.S. billboard in Tehran, Iran, on May 2, 2026.
Majid Asgaripour/via Reuters
A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-U.S. billboard in Tehran, Iran, on May 2, 2026.
Majid Asgaripour/via Reuters

-ABC News' Dragana Jovanovic


May 03, 2026 10:35 AM

Iran official says Tehran can sink US warships

Mohsen Rezaee, the top military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said in a post to X on Sunday that Tehran is prepared to create a "graveyard" of American military vessels if fighting resumes.

"The U.S. is the only pirate in the world that possesses aircraft carriers. Our ability to confront pirates is no less than our ability to sink warships," Rezaee wrote.

"Prepare to face a graveyard of your carriers and forces, just as the wreckage of your aircraft was left behind in Isfahan," Rezaee added, referring to the U.S. aircraft lost in the operation to recover a downed F-15 crewmember inside Iran in April.

PHOTO: Motorists make their way past an anti-U.S. billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026.
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Motorists make their way past an anti-U.S. billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026.
-/AFP via Getty Images

May 03, 2026 8:27 AM

IDF orders evacuation of 11 south Lebanon towns, villages

Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee on Sunday ordered the residents of 11 Lebanese towns and villages to immediately evacuate their homes, saying the IDF was planning to act "forcefully" against alleged Hezbollah targets in the affected areas.

Adraee said residents of Al-Duwayr, Arab Salim, Al-Sharqiya, Jibshit, Braashit, Sarafand, Dounin, Briqa, Qaaqaiya Al-Jisr, Al-Qasiba and Kafra Sir should leave the settlements until further notice.

More than 1 million people have been internationally displaced in Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes, ground operations and evacuation orders, according to recent United Nations data.

PHOTO: This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke rising from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, on May 3, 2026.
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This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke rising from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, on May 3, 2026.
-/AFP via Getty Images


May 03, 2026 8:06 AM

IDF says it hit 120 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Saturday that it struck 120 alleged Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon during weekend attacks, among which it claimed were 70 military-use structures and around 50 other infrastructure targets.

PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district on May 2, 2026.
-/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district on May 2, 2026.
-/AFP via Getty Images

In a statement posted to Telegram on Saturday, Hezbollah claimed five new attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.


May 02, 2026 8:50 PM

US fast-tracks $8.6 billion in arms sales to Middle East partners

The U.S. has approved $8.6 billion worth of arms for Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Israel -- sidestepping Congress by invoking emergency powers, according to notices published by the State Department.

The State Department notified Congress it was using its authorities for the sales, including $4 billion worth of Patriot missile interceptors for Qatar.

PHOTO: A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System assigned to the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fires as part of a bi-lateral live-fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., May 11, 2024.
Sgt. David Rincon/US Army, Files
A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System assigned to the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fires as part of a bi-lateral live-fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., May 11, 2024.
Sgt. David Rincon/US Army, Files

Since the outset of the war in Iran, the administration has used the authority for billions of dollars' worth of sales to the UAE, Israel and Kuwait.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the administration was "using the veneer of an emergency declaration to push through sales with no urgent nexus to current conflicts."

-ABC News' Chris Boccia


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