President Trump may be preparing to immediately lift the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports to prevent an Iranian attack on Israel, according to a ynet report. The move would follow a thread of escalating U.S.-Iran diplomatic signals tracked by The Zioneer.
A new report by ynet, published at 22:53 Jerusalem, indicates that President Donald Trump is preparing to immediately lift the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports specifically to prevent an Iranian attack on Israel. This follows a rapid sequence of diplomatic signals: At 19:52 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported Trump telling Fox News that if an Iran deal were signed that night, he would issue an immediate order to lift the blockade and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. By 19:50, a second version of that thread quoted Trump saying the deal would be signed on Friday and that he would order the blockade lifted then. Israeli defense officials assessed, as The Zioneer reported at 21:03, that Trump would soon announce a concession to Iran to prevent retaliation for the Dahiyeh strike. The new ynet report — which The Zioneer echoed at 22:52 in a same-thread bulletin noting Trump considering substantial incentives — now frames the blockade lift as a direct measure to forestall an Iranian attack on Israel.
The claim rests on a single Israeli media outlet, ynet, and has not been confirmed by official U.S. or Israeli sources. The thread itself has evolved rapidly: Trump's earlier threats of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and infrastructure, reported by The Zioneer on Jun 10 (17:40 and 14:07 Jerusalem), were characterized as a dual-track strategy of maximum pressure and diplomatic off-ramps. The shift toward a potential diplomatic resolution, signaled by Trump's conditional offer to lift the blockade, has unfolded in less than three hours.
What remains open: The specific terms of any U.S.-Iran agreement, the timing of an Iranian attack — if planned — and the extent to which Israel's Dahiyeh strike prompted the U.S. diplomatic pivot. No official U.S. or Israeli statement has been issued as of 22:54 Jerusalem.
3 developments
- DevelopingReport: Trump demands immediate, non-phased reopening of Strait of Hormuz and end to naval blockade
- StrongTrump attacks Netanyahu, confirms lifting of US blockade on Iran 'immediately'
- StrongTrump moves to contain Iranian retaliation threats after Dahiyeh strike
- DevelopingTrump says he is close to ordering strike on Iranian nuclear facilities
Source and signal
- Internal intake