The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that a UN agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman following the passage of several tankers that used a route backed by the United Nations. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe quotes the head of the International Maritime Organization saying the plan to move stranded ships out of the Persian Gulf through the strait will be on hold until the agency can get safety guarantees for the ships on the evacuation list and in the region. It was unclear who launched the projectile or the type of vessel that was targeted. The report of a strike came hours after Iran told vessels to stop using the route through the strait without Tehran's permission. The vessel that was attacked was not part of the evacuation effort. A U.S. official said the vessel was hit by an Iranian drone. Meanwhile, a flare-up of fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants threatened the wider truce. Lebanon says five people were killed by Israeli strikes over the past two days. Iran insists Israel withdraw from Lebanon as a condition of the ceasefire.