A second cargo ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on June 27 as tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran threatened to unravel the ceasefire. The pattern: Iranian drone hit a tanker June 26, the U.S. struck 10 Iranian military targets June 27, and Iran responded the same day by attacking American facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait while warning it might abandon ceasefire talks entirely. This is escalation beyond isolated incidents — it's a cycle where each side's retaliation triggers a response, and both have now broken the deal's terms.