Iran War Day 68: Trump Pauses Project Freedom, Israel Launches Massive Lebanon Strikes, Iran Threatens Attack

Trump pauses Project Freedom less than forty-eight hours after launching the US Navy’s Hormuz escort operation. Israel responds with its largest Lebanon strikes of the war under Operation Eternal Darkness. Iran threatens direct military retaliation against Israel for the first time in the conflict. In Episode 68 of Epic Fury: The US-Iran War Podcast, we break down the collapse of the Lebanon ceasefire, the escalating Hormuz crisis, the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Strait, and the growing risk of a full regional war involving the United States, Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah.

This episode covers Trump’s decision to suspend Project Freedom while maintaining the blockade of Iranian ports, Iran’s warning that it could directly attack Israel, the massive Israeli air campaign across Beirut and southern Lebanon, Rubio confirming ten civilian sailors have died in the blocked Strait of Hormuz, and the worsening diplomatic crisis surrounding the US-Iran nuclear negotiations through Pakistan and Oman.

We also examine the military and geopolitical implications of Operation Eternal Darkness, the Beirut casualty figures, the future of the US-Iran ceasefire, the stranded oil tankers trapped in the Gulf, the role of Hezbollah, the collapse of the Lebanon truce, and why the next forty-eight hours could decide whether the Middle East returns to full-scale war.

Epic Fury is the daily US-Iran war podcast covering breaking news, geopolitics, military strategy, oil markets, global security, naval warfare, nuclear diplomacy, Israel-Iran tensions, and the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.

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