The U.S. military also says that it "targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces." The exchange occurred Thursday as U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz,

Iran ⁠accused ⁠the United ⁠States of violating a ceasefire ​by targeting two ships at ‌the Strait of ‌Hormuz and attacking ⁠civilian ⁠areas, the country's top joint military command ​said early on Friday.

US forces targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for launching a series of “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat attacks against American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said on Thursday.

The U.S. military said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran on Thursday, targeting sites ​it said were responsible for attacking U.S. forces in what it called ‌unprovoked hostilities by Tehran.

The Trump administration is still awaiting Iran’s response to its latest proposal to end the war. Iranian state media report that the country’s president met with the new supreme leader as the regime reviews U.

Explosions have been heard on the island of Qeshm and in Tehran, Iran's state-affiliated media reports.

Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy, causing a spike in fuel prices that has rippled through other sectors with effects far beyond the Middle East. It has also left tens of thousands of mariners and hundreds of ships stranded in the Persian Gulf.

Israel said on Thursday it had killed a commander of ⁠Hezbollah’s ⁠elite Radwan force in an airstrike on ⁠Beirut a day earlier, the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire agreed last ​month.