Israel carried out a series of attacks on Lebanon, killing 16 people<\/a> and threatens the US-Iran ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\nAccording to Israeli media, four Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes between Israel and Hezbollah forces in southern Israel on Friday.<\/p>\n
A planned meeting between US and Iranian officials in Switzerland was canceled, reportedly because of the attacks, although the Strait of Hormuz still appeared open to shipping.<\/p>\n
Stock markets in Japan and South Korea also had a volatile trading session.<\/p>\n
Seoul’s Kospi rose more than 2.5 percent to hit an all-time high shortly after the market opened, then fell 1.8 percent before recovering to gain 0.8 percent.<\/p>\n
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225, which rose about 0.6 percent shortly after the market opened, was down 0.08 percent.<\/p>\n
Stock exchanges in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei were closed for the day.<\/p>\n
Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying about 6 million barrels of crude left the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, reporting their location after spending weeks in the Persian Gulf with their transponders turned off, marine analytics firm Kpler said.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker Tong Lin Wan and the French-flagged LNG tanker Mraikh also passed through the waterway on Thursday, according to vessel tracking data.<\/p>\n
Despite the transits, traffic on the waterway remains a fraction of what it was before the war, when the canal saw 120-130 transits a day.<\/p>\n
More than 500 ships are estimated to be waiting to leave the Persian Gulf through the strait, which in peacetime carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.<\/p>\n
While Iran and the US have pledged to reopen the waterway, ship operators have expressed doubts about the safety of their vessels and crew after nearly four months of threats and attacks.<\/p>\n
According to the International Maritime Organization, since the beginning of the conflict in late February, there have been at least 46 attacks on ships in the canal area, resulting in the deaths of 14 sailors.<\/p>\n
An unknown number of Iranian sea mines are also believed to be in the strait, requiring demining operations that could take several weeks.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO), one of the world’s largest organizations representing tanker owners and operators, called for greater clarity on the practical steps needed to ensure safe waterway passage.<\/p>\n
“Without clarity on these issues, ships will doubt whether to transit through the Strait of Hormuz,” INTERTANKO managing director Tim Wilkins said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Some ships will certainly start to move. That will be natural. But ship owners have taken a very cautious approach,” Wilkins said.<\/p>\n
“The safety and security of seafarers has been their top priority, and no one wants to compromise that safety-compromising approach when things seem to be moving in the right direction.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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