Hormuz 5 May 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 05/05/2026 - 20:00 Strait of Hormuz Tue, 05/05/2026 - 12:00 5 May 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that U.S forces prefer a peaceful effort to "guide" the more than 22,500 mariners stuck on more than 1,550 vessels out of the Gulf. "This is a temporary mission for us". Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, affirmed that Iran attacks do not necessarily violate the ceasefire, arguing that "since the ceasefire was announced, Iran has fired at commercial vessels nine times and seized two container ships, and they've attacked U.S forces more than 10 times – all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point". President Trump stopped short of calling Iranian strikes on the UAE a ceasefi