To begin Hormuz is one half that if Iranian. The Iranian security forces no matter what form it takes has the sovereign right to act against anyone in those waters it perceives as a threat. In addition to that if Iran recognizes a country’s flag as an enemy in any waters in Gulf it has the sovereign right to identify that enemy and destroy it. That is all legal warfare.
The said, Iran has suffered insult to any fleet they have. That does not affect Zodiac attack boats or drones. There is also the issue of short distance missiles and what that means to the region if activities in their sovereign waters exist.
Israel can completely kill off Iranian leadership but that will not stop their alliance members from acting in response to Iranian threats. Those alliance members are throughout the Shea Crescent as well as other bad actors from Africa. You can say what you want but now in reflection the terrorist networks the Iranian leadership built that were attacked and disarmed by USA and Israeli forces actually was quite a strategy.
Trump can try and treat Asian communists as friends to help with a flotilla power structure but that is inviting the fox into the henhouse.
The best strategy for any vessels, military or civilian is avoidance of confrontation and abandonment of the Persian Gulf entirely. The only approach at all is a coalition of countries in negotiations with Iran. The Trump State Department is untrustworthy.
Any country’s flag that is an enemy to Iran entering the Persian Gulf waters will not make it through unscathed. That is all an estimation. But, it is good advice and it is free.
