The U.S. military has denied Iran ‘s claim to have struck an unmanned American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “total lie.”

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people and leveled a hospital, according to Lebanese authorities, near an area that has become a flashpoint in fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

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