​The call, according to Benjamin Netanyahu, was made by JD Vance from his plane en route back from the Pakistani capital. 

​NATO allies including Britain and France said they would not be drawn into the conflict by taking part in the blockade, saying instead that it was vital to open the waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil usually passes. 

​Lebanese President Joseph Aoun last week decried Hezbollah for showing “no regard for the interests of Lebanon or the lives of its people.”