TEHRAN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Oil tankers have been suspended from transiting the Strait of Hormuz following Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday.

"During the recent hours, passage by oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has been brought to a complete halt," the report said, adding the development came after the Israeli army attacked Lebanon, which Tehran said violated a newly-reached two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire that Israel has agreed to comply with.

Israel and the United States said the truce does not extend to Lebanon, although Pakistan, which mediated the agreement, and Iran said it does.

According to Fars, Iran had allowed two oil tankers to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump accepted Iran's conditions and a ceasefire was reached.

Fars cited an informed security-military source as saying that Iran is considering carrying out deterrent operations against Israeli military positions in response to Israel's continued violation of the temporary truce.

The source stressed that Tehran has reached the conclusion that Israel's intensified attacks, despite the ceasefire agreement, signal either Washington's inability to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or that Israel has been granted freedom of action by the U.S. Central Command.

Also on Wednesday, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified command of Iran's armed forces, announced that Tehran will manage and exert smart control over the Strait of Hormuz.

"We will manage the Strait of Hormuz with initiative and control it smartly," it said, adding that amid distrust of the United States and Israel, "we are monitoring all their movements in the region, and if they make another mistake, we will deal with them more destructively and deadly than before."

The headquarters added that Iran is not and will not be a threat to regional countries. It reaffirmed Iran's continued support for the resistance groups in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq.

The Israeli military said Wednesday it has completed "the largest coordinated strike across Lebanon" since the start of the regional conflict, hours after the U.S.-Iran truce came into effect.

So far, the attacks have reportedly killed about 112 people and injured more than 830 others, with densely populated neighborhoods in the capital, Beirut, among the hardest hit.

Iran and the United States agreed to the ceasefire less than two hours before the deadline set by Trump, and the two sides are scheduled to hold negotiations in Pakistan on Friday.

On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. assets in the Middle East, while tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz. ■