{"id":14899,"date":"2026-05-08T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/u-s-and-iran-exchange-fire-near-the-strait-of-hormuz-trump-says-ceasefire-still-holds-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:51:41","slug":"u-s-and-iran-exchange-fire-near-the-strait-of-hormuz-trump-says-ceasefire-still-holds-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/u-s-and-iran-exchange-fire-near-the-strait-of-hormuz-trump-says-ceasefire-still-holds-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Iran exchange fire near the Strait of Hormuz; Trump says ceasefire still holds – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, adding new strain to the ceasefire and raising questions about negotiations to end the war.
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Hours later the United Arab Emirates, a key Gulf ally of the U.S., said it was responding to a missile and drone attack.
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social<\/a> that the attacks happened as three U.S. military ships were transiting through the strait.
\u201cThere was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers. They were completely destroyed along with numerous small boats,\u201d he wrote.
The attacks highlighted the fragility of the ceasefire in the area around the Strait of Hormuz, which 20% of the world\u2019s oil used to pass through before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
No ships transited the strait Thursday, the second day in a row that the critical waterway has had no traffic at all, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. It\u2019s also the first time \u200bsince March 12-13 that there have been two back-to-back days without marine traffic.
Trump said in an interview with ABC News on Thursday: \u201cThe ceasefire is going. It\u2019s in effect.\u201d He added, \u201cIt\u2019s just a love tap.\u201d
Trump later told a group of reporters that peace talks with Iran were \u201cgoing very well, but they have to understand if it doesn\u2019t get signed, they\u2019re going to have a lot of pain.\u201d
Trump said a proposal had been given to Iran that included an agreement that it would not have nuclear weapons and that it would give \u201cthe nuclear dust\u201d to the U.S.
\u201cYeah, they\u2019ve agreed. But when they agree, it doesn\u2019t mean much, because the next day they forget,\u201d he said.
Trump said a deal \u201cmight not happen, but it could happen any day.\u201d
A U.S. official told NBC News that the U.S. strikes in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island on Thursday were defensive and do not constitute a resumption of major combat operations against Iran.
U.S. Central Command said on X<\/a> that three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers came under attack as they transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman and responded with \u201cself-defense strikes.\u201d
CENTCOM said the Iranian military \u201claunched multiple missiles, drones and small boats\u201d at the vessels.
\u201cNo U.S. assets were struck. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces including missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes. CENTCOM does not seek escalation but remains positioned and ready to protect American forces.\u201d
The Iranian military said it fired at U.S. military ships only after the U.S. military violated the ceasefire and attacked an Iranian oil tanker.
\u201cThe invading, terrorist and pirate U.S. military violated the ceasefire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker moving from Iran\u2019s coastal waters in the Jask area towards the Strait of Hormuz, as well as another vessel entering the Strait of Hormuz opposite the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates,\u201d said the spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters, according to the semiofficial Mehr<\/a> news agency.
The spokesman also said the U.S. had carried out air attacks on \u201ccivilian areas\u201d along Iran\u2019s coast and Qeshm Island.
Iran\u2019s state-owned Press TV later reported<\/a> that following the exchange of fire, the situation on Iran\u2019s islands and in coastal cities near the Strait of Hormuz was \u201cback to normal now.\u201d
Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
I am NBC News\u2019 producer & off-air reporter covering stories about and related to the Defense Department around the world.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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