Qatar and other regional powers are intensifying diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the US-Iran conflict as another tanker attack was reported in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran rejected fresh US sanctions.

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Tehran on Thursday and met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss reducing tensions and a proposed Iran-Oman plan to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan also said it was continuing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.

Meanwhile, the UK Maritime Trade Organization reported that an oil tanker was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, catching fire. The crew was safe and no environmental damage was reported.

Iranian officials dismissed the latest US sanctions and thanked China for opposing Washington’s measures.

In Gaza, Israeli strikes continued despite the US-brokered ceasefire framework. A strike on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza killed one person and wounded others, according to health officials.

Nickolay Mladenov, head of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, criticized Israel at the UN over continued attacks, saying Palestinian civilians were still being killed.

Israel also ordered two Dutch diplomats to leave the Gaza ceasefire coordination center over the Netherlands’ measures against Israel, including a planned trade ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Separately, a Jerusalem court acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun after accepting his insanity defense. He was ordered to undergo psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.