US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted the “ceasefire is not over” even though both sides have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reports.
“No, the ceasefire is not over. Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project, and we expected there would be some, some churn at the beginning, which happened,” he said during a press briefing at the Pentagon Tuesday.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said Iran has attacked US forces more than 10 times since the ceasefire was announced but said that is below the “threshold of restarting major combat operations.”
Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, told reporters on Monday that the US “blew up” six Iranian small boats in the Strait.
