Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have allowed the use of "self-defense" forces to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran calls on the UN Security Council not to take "any provocative action" ahead of a vote on a draft resolution concerning Hormuz.

Bahrain has submitted a draft resolution to the Security Council, proposing the use of "all necessary measures", implying military force, to open the Strait of Hormuz.

The IDF admitted that one of its tank crews mistakenly fired artillery rounds, hitting a UN peacekeeping force base in southern Lebanon.