Ships Burn in Strait of Hormuz as 1.2 Million Flee Lebanon and Aleppo Explodes

**Ships Burn in Strait of Hormuz as 1.2 Million Flee Lebanon and Aleppo Explodes** The Middle East is burning on three fronts as a US-brokered "ceasefire" in Lebanon collapses, ships catch fire in the Strait of Hormuz, and Syrian forces battle Kurdish-led troops in Aleppo. Despite the United States claiming a truce, Israel continues to strike Lebanon and occupies a strip of southern Lebanon, destroying homes it calls Hezbollah infrastructure [135581]. Hezbollah has retaliated by launching multiple drones at Israeli soldiers and attacking northern Israel [135522]. The ongoing hostilities have displaced 1.2 million people [135581]. Lebanese civil defense officials say three of their members are trapped under rubble after an Israeli strike hit them during a rescue mission [135614]. In Syria, intense fighting has returned to Aleppo as government forces and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) clash [44512]. The violence has forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes [44512]. Heavy fighting is focused on two key fronts—the Castello road and al-Sheihan area—which are important supply routes into Aleppo city [43634]. The Syrian army has begun distributing evacuation maps to civilians in several neighborhoods, urging them to leave for their safety [44681]. The SDF has shelled residential neighborhoods in Aleppo, threatening a fragile calm [43634]. Meanwhile, business at Gwadar Port has surged amid rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, where ships are on fire [135699][135681]. The United States and Iran are trading peace proposals in Islamabad, but the gap on nuclear issues remains unbridgeable [135681]. The American naval blockade remains in place, and diplomats call the current situation a ceasefire, but the reality looks like war [135681]. Ceasefire fails: 1.2 million displaced as Israel and Hezbollah keep fighting Hezbollah Drones Strike Israeli Soldiers as Ceasefire Frays Rescue Team Buried in Strike; 3 Lebanese Trapped Syria's Aleppo Truce Shatters, Thousands Flee as U.S. Mediates Syrian Army and US-Backed Forces Clash in Aleppo Syrian Army Distributes Evacuation Maps in Aleppo Amid Clashes Gwadar Port Booms as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens Ships on Fire: Why the “Ceasefire” in Iran Looks Like War