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Israeli strikes and disputes over the timeline threaten to derail progress and leave Gazans living in limbo in a war zone.

Hard-liners’ growing clout raises the risk that they will undermine an agreement to reopen the strait.

In talks on the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has vowed to block U.S. Navy ships from using the waterway.

The attack further clouds the outlook for a deal to open the strategic waterway.

President Trump’s strategy rests on an assumption that Tehran will crack before Washington, but mediators warn that Iran has been living under sanctions for years.

Some U.S. officials thought the plan was impractical, but the president’s security team had no room for error.

Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by hard-line leaders to raise the costs for the U.S. and its regional allies

The president’s comments come as Jared Kushner meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has rejected Trump’s plan for disarming Hamas.

The Trump administration, following a strategy of economic pressure, has sidestepped provocations in the Strait of Hormuz that are keeping traffic to a trickle.

Firms that count ships, oil output and imports aren’t able to verify U.S. claims about the volume of oil getting through Iran’s chokehold.