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Former Secretary of State John Kerry said that the previous US presidents did not agree to go to war with Iran because they had not "exhausted all the remedies of peaceful process".
Of the 34 ships that have circumvented the blockade, at least 19 are tankers linked to Iran that have exited the Gulf. The other 15 have entered the Gulf from the Arabian Sea, heading towards Iran.
As Iranbacked forces block the Strait of Hormuz, refiners race to reroute US Gulf crude through the Panama Canal paying historic premiums just to pass through.
The vote in Deir al-Balah is part of Palestinian Authority municipal elections that Palestinians have cast as a display of national unity against a US plan for Gaza