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Navy is positioned in the Arabian Sea, blocking Iranian ships from entering or exiting the strait.
Iran said the seizure of the ship violates the ceasefire, and there's no word yet on whether the two sides plan to meet again for another round of talks.
The two vessels were seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz.
That's the key waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil was passing before the war began nearly two months ago.
Iran, which is blocking most ships now from transiting through the strait, says the seizure of today's vessels is in response to the U.S.
seizing an Iranian cargo ship and its crew on Sunday.
They called it an eye for an eye, an oil tanker for an oil tanker.
Navy is positioned in the Arabian Sea, blocking Iranian ships from entering or exiting the strait.
Iran said the seizure of the ship violates the ceasefire, and there's no word yet on whether the two sides plan to meet again for another round of talks.
A new assessment by the UN, World Bank and European Union notes that more than 370,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed or damaged in Israeli attacks, leaving more than a million people without homes.
Most people in Gaza now live in makeshift tents made out of sticks and plastic tarps.
Israeli troops, meanwhile, occupy around half of Gaza and have leveled thousands more homes there, they say, to dismantle Hamas tunnels.
The study also says around 75 percent of all people in Gaza who were employed before the war are now without jobs, relying on aid to survive.
It notes Gaza has the lowest levels ever recorded globally on the Human Development Index, which measures life expectancy, standards of living and access to education.
A new assessment by the UN, World Bank and European Union notes that more than 370,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed or damaged in Israeli attacks, leaving more than a million people without homes.