U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster and KC-135 Stratotanker activity over the last 24 hours across Europe and the Middle East.

Here's the current view of tanker (red) and container (green) traffic in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center has issued an advisory for all vessels in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz, advising that restrictions will go into effect at 1400UTC (1000EST), affecting the entirety of the Iranian coastline. Neutral vessels currently in Iranian ports have been granted a limited grace period to depart before being affected by the blockade by the United States.

According to the Israel Defense Force (IDF), two IDF soldiers were moderately injured, with another 6 being lightly injured, following a Lebanese Hezbollah bomb-laden drone attack during IDF operations in southern Lebanon. The soldiers were transported to the hospital and their families have been notified, per reports.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump said on TruthSocial that if any Iranian fast-attack vessels approach the now in effect U.S. blockade they will be “immediately eliminated” in the same manner that vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) in the U.S. Southern Command Area-of-Responsibility.

According the Wall Street Journal, citing a senior U.S. official, the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is now in effect. Per the official, 15 U.S. warships are in position to enforce the blockade of Iranian ports across the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea.

Confirming reports that the U.S. and Indonesia were looking to increase military-to-military cooperation, the U.S. Department of Defense has released a statement detailing the upgrade of the U.S.-Indonesia defense relationship to a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership (MDCP). Per the release, the MDCP will be centered around, military modernization and capacity building, training, professional military education (PME), and exercises/unspecified operational cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.

According to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, “it won’t be pleasant for them [Iran]” if a peace deal is not reached before the nominal deadline on April 21, 2026.

Engagement between the U.S. delegation and Iranian leaders has continued since this past weekend’s failed round of peace talks in Islamabad, officials tell CBS News, with one official stating that there has been “forward motion on trying to get to an agreement.”

Asked earlier at the White House about one of his posts last night on TruthSocial, which included a picture of himself depicted as Jesus Christ, President Trump responded: “I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. And only the fake news could come up with that one. It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better. And I do make people better. I make people a lot better.”

According to USNI News, citing two defense officials, the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and its escorts, USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS Mason (DDG-87) and USS Ross (DDG-71), did not transit the Strait of Gibraltar and are instead sailing around the southern tip of Africa. The carrier strike group is currently operating off the coast of Namibia, as it makes the trip avoiding the Suez Canal transit and the potentially contested zones of the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

A preparatory meeting between Israel and Lebanon is set to take place tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. at the U.S. State Department, with Secretary Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Counselor Michael Needham, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh in attendance. The talks, centered around the ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah (LH), is meant to prepare for future talks on the disarmament of LH.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, while speaking earlier today at the Semafor World Economy Summit in Washington, said that he expects energy prices will continue to rise and “peak” in the next few weeks, as both Iran and the United States are now threatening to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. During the recent round of strikes between the two countries, Crude Oil WTI peaked at $116.20 per barrel, while Brent Crude Oil approached $117.