Iran live updates: Negotiators believe they have draft deal, leaders haven't approved

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. continues to target the Iranian regime, saying its troops are not getting paid, the police are not reporting for work and Kharg Island is shut down.

"The Iranian economy and currency are in free fall. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) is a joke, and today Treasury has sanctioned it. We have warned any corporate or state entities against paying tolls or hiding them as aid payments," Bessent said in a post on X Thursday.

"Forming a Wall of Steel, the U.S. Naval Blockade has ensured a record low amount of Iranian crude on the water. We will also be shutting down both Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots, refueling, and ticket sales. Only a satisfactory outcome in negotiations will end the downward spiral," he said.

The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that it struck more than 135 alleged Hezbollah targets across Lebanon over the previous 24 hours.

The targeted areas included Tyre and other parts of southern Lebanon as well as the Beqaa Valley in the east, according to the IDF. The IDF also confirmed a new strike in Beirut on Thursday.

Overnight, the IDF issued more forced evacuation warnings to residents of Lebanon, specifically the city of Tyre and Zaqqoq Al-Mufdi in the south of the country.

A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told ABC News that the target in Thursday's strike on Beirut was a senior Hezbollah missile unit commander.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Thursday that it carried out a strike on Lebanon's capital Beirut, though it did not immediately specify what the target was.

Local media reported an explosion in the Choueifat area in the south of the city.

A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told ABC News that the target in Thursday's strike on Beirut was a senior Hezbollah missile unit commander.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

U.S. Central Command alleged in a post to X on Thursday that Iran "launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces," in what it called an "egregious ceasefire violation."

CENTCOM said the missile launch came shortly after Iranian forces launched five attack drones in and near the Strait of Hormuz.

"All drones were successfully intercepted by U.S. forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas," CENTCOM said.

-ABC News' Chad Murray