The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
Back-and-forth attacks, including a day earlier, have repeatedly threatened the ceasefire, but Thursday’s appeared bigger all around, with sirens sounding at least three times in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters, and missiles targeting Kuwait and Qatar.
Sirens sounded Thursday afternoon in Jordan as well, where the U.S. has stationed troops and aircraft.
An Iranian official accused the U.S. of launching an airstrike later Thursday targeting the area around Iran’s sole nuclear power plant, and other explosions were reported elsewhere in the country during the afternoon.
The strikes came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of a fragile ceasefire and threatened to escalate the conflict if they didn’t stop. That raised concerns that the region could tip back into a war that would engulf several countries and could halt energy shipments through the strait that are crucial for the global economy.
In Iran, the two days of American airstrikes have killed at least 14 people and wounded another 78, Iran’s Health Ministry said Thursday — most of those reportedly members of the armed forces.
In Kuwait, the military said falling debris wounded one person as it shot down three ballistic missiles, a cruise missile and 10 drones. Bahrain said it shot down incoming fire, without elaborating.
There was no immediate word of damage in Qatar, while Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said all incoming fire from Iran had been intercepted.
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U.S. strikes hit more targets
The U.S. military’s Central Command said it hit some 90 targets across Iran, releasing black-and-white footage of what appeared to be strikes on an airport runway and missile launchers.
The U.S. said the strikes were intended to “further degrade” Iran’s ability “to threaten freedom of navigation” in the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s traded oil and natural gas passed before the war began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28.
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Attacks on ships — and the threat of them — virtually halted traffic in the waterway during the conflict, causing the price of oil to skyrocket and raising prices on many basic goods, including food, far beyond the region.
Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations, including Bushehr, home to Iran’s nuclear power plant complex, and southern port cities.
In Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, at least three people were killed Thursday, state media reported. In Iranshahr, authorities said a strike killed a firefighter at an airport. Those fatalities followed the deaths of at least nine members of Iran’s armed forces in Wednesday’s strikes, according to state media. It wasn’t clear when the other death happened and who was killed.
For the first time since April, U.S. strikes also appeared to target Iranian bridges. State media reported a strike on a railway bridge in Iran’s northeastern Golestan province, and the Revolutionary Guard said two bridges were attacked on the route to Mashhad, where officials plan to bury the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
Meanwhile Thursday, the state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ehsan Jahanian, a local official in Bushehr, as accusing the U.S. of striking near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. He said the strike came around noon, hours after the U.S. military’s Central Command said it had ended its strikes on Iran. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
During the Iran war, several strikes hit in the area around the plant, which is managed by Russian technicians, but caused no damage to the plant itself.
Trump warns that ‘it will get much worse’ if attacks on shipping happen again
After leaving a NATO summit in Turkey, Trump posted several videos on his social media site of what he said were explosions in Iran and issued another warning to the Islamic Republic.
“This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!” Trump wrote.
Trump said earlier in the day that the latest back-and-forth fighting would not result in “long-term” military action.
“Anything that happens is going to happen very fast,” Trump said.
Trump also renewed his past threats to hit Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including electric and desalination plants, and to seize Kharg Island, through which some 90 per cent of Iranian oil exports pass.
The exchange of fire began after Iran attacked three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
The new attacks, despite the ceasefire, could reflect a divide among Iran’s leadership. Hard-liners want to ensure lasting control over the waterway, which is a globally important conduit for fuel shipments and has become a critical lever in confronting the West. Pragmatists want a permanent peace deal to lift international sanctions and provide desperately needed economic relief.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a key negotiator in talks seeking a permanent end to the war, was defiant in a post on X on Thursday morning: “America still hasn’t learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. Let me put it plainly: If you strike, you’ll get hit.”
Strikes raise fears that war could resume
Trump fueled concerns that the war could restart by saying Wednesday that the interim agreement to pause the fighting was “over.” He added that he would allow negotiations to continue, though he cast doubt on the outcome.
“They can talk, but I think they’re wasting their time,” he said.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, also a top negotiator, retorted on X that Trump’s remarks “are not a sign of power but an admission of the failure” of U.S. policy toward Iran.
Negotiations to reach a final deal were due to start after the funeral for Khamenei, who was killed in the war’s first moments. The funeral, which ends Thursday, was supposed to be a period of lower tensions.
The talks are meant to focus on the toughest matters, including fully reopening the strait and rolling back Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
A common fall-back tactic by antisemetic agents attempting to white wash their attacks is making the claim that criticism of Israel’s actions, domestically and on foreign ground, is not antisemetic. If that’s all the agents’ were doing, this would be a perfectly fair statement (for any group or nation). However, the propagandists are not simply criticizing Israeli actions, they are completely falsefying facts, or at best, highly exagerating information or taking information far, far out of context.
It is not antisemitic to question Israel’s actions both on people under its control, as well as actions across its border in Lebanon and in Syria. Some of the loudest critics of those actions are Israeli groups, mentioned in some of the quotes posted earlier.
This conversation has reached a point now that any criticism as being accused as being bias. A bit pointless now for an article posted days ago.
Significant funds are required to counter the unfortunately large volume of antisemetic propagandists and extremists, heavily influced by N azi Germany of the 1930’s and ’40’s.
This guy too was just “explaining”, Google the following;
A man attacks two UNICEF fundraisers raising money for Gaza in Italy while saying:
“I’ll fu**ing kill you, say Palestine one more time!”
If you need to increase your budget to spend 60m USD a month for 12 months straight, just on telling your side of the story, than its either a very unconvincing story, and/or its a tad bit more than just “explaining”.
Antisemetic propagandists will often attempt to peddle false information, such as the meaning of the term Hasbara.
In Hebrew, hasbara literally translates to “explaining”. For Israelis, Jewish organizations, and pro-Israel advocates, it refers to public diplomacy, grassroots advocacy, and telling Israel’s side of the story. It as a necessary tool to counter said antisemetic forces.
Spoken like a true believer of hasbara.
That term hasbara is actually referenced in the articles I mentioned. It is universally understood to mean misinformation.
Goodnight Jen, or is it good morning for you where you are?
The claim that the $730M expenditure by Israel is for Israeli misinformation is false; the money is to combat external misinformation about Israel, which is spread by enemy misinformation agents both online and in the flesh. Israel is is engaged with enemies that not only want physical harm done, but that are attempting to infiltrate many hearts and minds. Like fighting any war, Israel can and will spend accordingly. Online antisemetic propaganda agents are not entirely different than elements employed by N azi Germany in the 1930’s.
Research has shown that Israel just two months ago announced an increased budget for misinformation.
References
Middel East Monitor – Israel to spend $730m on propaganda as global image collapses over Gaza genocide
Times of Israel – Israel just quintupled its PR budget to $730 million
Nobody has confirmed what Ben wrote with conclusive evidence.
Research shows that labeling real people as bots is often a tactic used when someone cannot logically counter an argument.
Multiple groups have confirmed what I wrote earlier. You can believe multiple international organizations, or you can believe the hasbara bot Jen.
Israel hasn’t withdrawn and has fortified the IDF only because the deal, as I stated already, also requires the Hezbollah terrorist group to disarm (which they haven’t) and evacuate its operatives from the sector south of the Litani River (which they haven’t). The Hezbollah terrorist group has rejected the framework, demanding a full withdrawal of Israel. Israel has only targeted the Hezbollah terrorist group, and not the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). This includes the town of Yaroun, where the only damaged structures were occupied by the Hezbollah terrorist group. NPR has not shown any verifiable satelite images of the destroyed convent Ben refers to. As Ben himself puts it, “The media likes to be selective.”
Jen said “The truce brokered by Trump does NOT require Israel to leave Lebanon completely and unconditionally”
You are wrong on so many levels. Israel has not started leaving gradually. Netanyahu has increasingly stated he will ramp up. And he has ramped up. On a similiar note, settlers just the other day visited the Golan area well within Syria.
“allowing the Lebanese military to take exclusive control of these areas.”
Then why has Israel routinely targeted Lebanese military vehicles?
“There is no independant evidence from any 3rd party…”
I gave you those names already, with quotes even.
What is the point of quotes from sources in my earlier comments? Clearly you are hasbara bot.
Ben keeps getting it all wrong, maybe on purpose? The truce brokered by Trump does NOT require Israel to leave Lebanon completely and unconditionally. It features a phased withdrawl where Israeli forces leave specific pilot zones in Southern Lebanon, allowing the Lebanese military to take exclusive control of these areas. The deal also requires the Hezbollah terrorist group to disarm (which they haven’t) and evacuate its operatives from the sector south of the Litani River (which they haven’t). The Hezbollah terrorist group has rejected the framework, demanding a full withdrawal of Israel.
He still goes on about a monastary that was never proven to be demolished. There is no independant evidence from any 3rd party that this ever happened. He provides no evidence that damaged structures in Lebanon where not simply being used by the Hezbollah terrorist group.
Just a few recent headlines;
NPR – Israel has punished Israeli soldiers who desecrated Christian statues (plural) in Lebanon but denies bulldozing a convent, despite satellite images indicating otherwise.
HRW – These deliberate acts of displacement may amount to war crimes of forced displacement.
Amnesty International – Wiping out families, must be investigated as war crimes.
Common Dreams – The Army That Photographs Its Own Contempt. The Israel Defense Forces chief of staff eventually issued a communiqué instructing troops to stop filming what he called “revenge videos.” That such an instruction had to be issued is the revelation.
TRT – Israeli forces set fire to houses in Lebanon despite US-led ceasefire.
Jen is using hasbara to deny well documented facts. The ongoing displacement of civilians, destruction and demolish of civlian infrastructure, and scorched earth tactics of the IDF in Lebanon are well documented, just like they are in Gaza. It wasn’t just one infamous picture of a crucifix as there were several more crucifixes in places of worship were the building was also destroyed, like that monastery. All of this is well documented sometimes by IDF soldiers themselves to brag, like the cigarette that was held to the mouth of a statue of the holy Mary. It is also laughable to claim that the IDF can objectively investigate itself. It previously rewarded solders caught raping male Palestinians prisoners. Just as this past week where soldiers allowed illegal settlers to detain Ro Kahana for 90 minutes. Regardless of all this, the truce brokered by Trump requires Israel to leave Lebanon. That is the starting point that is required before all else. Resistance to the invasion, which is how Hezbollah was created in 1980s, is a reaction to that invasion, that same invasion which now is a violation of the truce that Trump brokered and Israel is required to do.
The Israeli army didn’t tconduct any operations to destroy crucifixes or religious artifacts. That incident was a single soldier, who was later removed from duty and disciplined.
No monestary was destroyed in Yaroun – that was debunked ages ago. A single, detached house which was on the site of the monestary was damaged after it was being used by Hezobollah, who like Hamas in Gaza, use civilian infrastructure to base their operations.
Ben needs to dig harder, but won’t find anything. It’s a war against a terrorist organization.
Destroyed crucifixes, a demolished Christian monestary in Yaroun, and demolished ancient artifacts are not Hezbollah. Bulldozing and detonating explosives inside empty infrastructure is not fight against Hezbollah. It is part of ethnic cleansing.
Maybe because there’s this Iranian funded/armed terrorist group named Hezbollah in southern Lebanon that keeps firing rockets into norther Israel?
Everyone should also know that Israel’s fighting never stopped in Lebanon. The media likes to be selective.
The latest round of fighting was sparked by Iran hitting three oil tankers a few days ago. Of course, this was all over the news and everyone knows that.
Circling back to this article to see that some people are justifiably refusing to buy into this narrative that Iran violated the truce. It is correctly stated below by others that Israel has at no point held up to their part of the truce. It is also true that Trump forced this on Israel. But that being said, Trump calls the shots and Israel must adhere.
LOL. Are you insane?? How does typing in the question “Why has the war with Iran recently restarted?” give a targeted/desired answer? You literally can’t word it more neutral than that. You lose, moron! Hahaha
Hey Rickie. Maybe you should google some other exact terminologies that give you the desired result you need to learn how to take a loss with grace. Feel free to have the last word Rickie.
Ok, maybe you’re right, Rick. I can’t accept reality and don’t like being made a fool of. But i’m no triggerred clown. I’m just a little slow.
Rick dear, come back to your counting lessons. We can try counting to 10 again, and maybe not searching an exact phrase into Google while expecting a different result each time.
hahaha look at the triggerred clown! Gets his news the exact same way me and the rest of the planet do now, via the internet. But he can’t accept reality. Probably a little paid IRGC troll. Oops, he doesn’t know what IRGC is, so what will he do? Use Google. LOLOLOL C’mon little guy, just reply with something about Lebanon again. hahahaha
Looks like Rick’s Mom was right, and that Rick and I are totally morons.
I taught my son how to count to 10. He refuses to learn. He keeps typing 2+2 in Google and based solely on that result he insists that 4 is the highest number that there is.
“Just before that – no fighting”
Wrong. Some news headlines from earlier in the week.
– Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon have caused catastrophic destruction and damaged historic landmarks, including the ancient city of Tyre, one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited settlements.
– Israeli drones strike Lebanon despite US-brokered framework deal.
– Israel carries out demolitions, explosions in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire framework
Deflect…distract…but but but… Lebanon….Lebanon…deflect…distract.
In the meantime, there is simple reality. Iran broke the ceasefire a few days when they attacked those tankers. Just before that – no fighting. U.S. responds. A 5-second internet search says that. The whole world agrees. Accept Mr. Anonymous. Keep lying, this is funny.
Fake comments below continue their confirmation bias searching.
Restarted? It never ended in Lebanon.
Just look up wether Israel is still bombing Lebanon or not. Simple. They didn’t stop the bombing, and that was a condition of the truce. Why else did Trump berate Bibi over the phone just weeks ago, and then leak that exchange to the media? Iran has repeatedly said that the bombing in Lebanon risks the truce. And that is why they responded in the strait. History didn’t just start two days ago regardless what a algorithm tells you in a search you created to confirm your bias.
I got the same result. Rick 1, Anonymous 0.
LOL. There is no confirmation bias when one simply types: “Why has the war with iran recently restarted?” into the Google search.
Google response:
The war with Iran recently restarted after Iran attempted to assert control over commercial shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting the U.S. to launch retaliatory strikes. The conflict broke out when Iran allegedly targeted commercial oil tankers, leading U.S. President Donald Trump to declare a shaky mid-June ceasefire agreement “over”.
Notice it doesn’t mention Israel anywhere?
Rick is using confirmation bias in his googling.
Iran has insisted for weeks that the truce also includes Israel withdrawing from Lebanon, and any violations there impacts the truce. Trump himself publicly admonished Bibi during the truce negotiations. Israel is still in Lebanon, so yes the truce is being violated.
The last poster below me is an idiot. Israel has nothing to do with why Iran recently violated the ceasefire by firing on civilian boats (and yes, Iran violated it, nobody else). Facts matter.
Google is your friend:
Iran struck commercial oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to force international vessels to use Iranian-controlled sea routes and to pressure Gulf States and the U.S. into recognizing its territorial dominance in the waterway. By targeting the tankers, Iran also sought to establish a permanent fee-collection system and retaliate against trade rules it opposed. The strikes violated a fragile June 2026 interim ceasefire. In response, the U.S. military launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets—including radars and small boats—and the U.S. revoked a key waiver that previously allowed Iran to openly sell crude oil.
The person sure knows himself well. Too bad he is ignoring that this truce was a three-way deal. And only the US and Iran stopped the violence. The third party, Israel, never did in Lebanon. So Iran responded.
It is a response to the Americans setting them straight after they hit three tankers. I’m a dumb a ss f *uck.
Dee, you are full of it. The Iranian action is not in a bubble. It is a response to something.
F *ucking Iranians started things up again by firing on those three civilian ships a few days ago. They deserve to be wiped out, the f *uckers.
Actually Iran fires at ships that try and cross the international Straits on the Oman side. They tell ships to cross on the Iran side
Wonder why?.
Anyway, I got this little tidbit from a boring old Maritime insurance news website. I noticed the regular main stream sites did not see this as a story.
So Iran ties the idea that they get to continue to supply their terrorists groups to the use of the Straits. Also shooting at civilians in other countries still appears to be a proper response.
Strange bunch out there.
No Dee, you didn’t get it right. What fee?
These attacks on ships did not happen in a bubble. The attacks on Lebanon were supposed to stop as part of this deal. Iran responded to those attacks. Tyre, one of the oldest continously inhabited places on earth, is being decimated by Israel.
It should have been “civilian targets”
$@&$ auto correct. And lousy editing on my part.
Let’s see, Iran shoots at tankers that will not pay a passage fee. So USA fires at Iranian missile launchers. Naturally, then Iran fires at Vivian targets in neighbouring countries.
Did I get it right???
The back and forth has been great for the crude stock price.
Useless iranians done nothing for 60 years to take back their country, dckless fcks
No Ahmed, do your own fighting. Its not our issue. This war is the cause of Trump and Netanyahu.
Yes, it’s time for boots on the ground. Once their IRGC terrorism unit is depeleted, the Iranian people will rise up and take back the country from the regime. The heads of the IRGC who ordered the slaughter of thousands of Iranian citizens at the begginning of this year can then be publically hung.
If need the answer to any question, just ask me
Let’s assume the US totally wipes out Iran like it did with Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam. Did that work? No. There will always be Iranians who have been radicalized to fly drones and attack the US.
I agree with the commenters saying Iran needs to be totally wiped out at this point. There was a ceasefire, then the war started up again with Iran attacking the tankers. Iran has no working navy or air force, so the U.S. should just land a large invasion force and easily protect it with air support, then take over at least the northern half of the country.
The US lost the war here. It’s boxed into a corner of its own making. Should have learned from it’s pitiful withdrawal from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.
Because…Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and should become the 51st State.
They can’t end the conflict. Too much money to be made by the billionaires. And the rapist doesn’t want it end to cus it’s a distraction from his files.
Turn the middle east into a crater, exterminate them all!
No mention that all this is because of Israel’s ongoing aggression and landgrab in Lebanon. There are three parties to this agreement whether they want to admit that or not.
Maybe if someone was able to bomb mainland USA, things would change. USA, Trump are far too safe. No one has ever hammered them repeatedly and wiped out US cities. No one has killed several thousand in a blast. Yet, the US has anihilated cities and killed millions with their bombs.
I think maybe a hybrid.
Nuke these f *ucking Iranians once and for all. ICBM their major cities. Nobody on the planet will care.
The orange pervert/ felon never had a deal. U S will be fighting this war for years to come
@Anonymous. Respectfully it’s not possible to wipe the IRGC off the face of the earth without causing significant damage to oil facilities in the Gulf, causing oil prices to rise. As well Iran essentially controls the Strait of Hormuz and this ability cannot be curtailed completely because of the fact they have drones.
There is only one thing that the Islamists and their radical leaders in Iran understand and that is strength and overwhelming military force. The US and its allies in the middle east should now show the radicals in Iran just what they understand and wipe the IRGC and the radical leadership off the face of the Earth. That is the only way there will be peace in Iran and the only way the great freedom loving people of Iran will have a chance to take back their country and their culture from the radical Islamists that have a suicidal mentality.
@Like fireworks. If the US drops a nuclear bomb, then the Russians will have the tacit go-ahead to drop a nuclear bomb on Ukraine. The Israeli’s will then drop a nuclear bomb. Respectfully, overall, not a good idea.
Ditch the missiles and send a Nuke. The rest of the world will be much better off if we reduce all of the middle east to rubble…
Dave… did you see the video of the Iran leader’s funeral? The US and Israel assassinated the leader of a foreign country. what did you expect the consequences would be? What happened when Iraq took out the New York Trade Center? The airline industry still has not recovered from the trauma.
The US, by their own admission, will take years to recover from the losses they suffered in this war. The bully mentality has to end. The US has never wiped any country out, despite trying multiple times. – You are wishing for the impossible, and the wrong way.
Should have wiped Iran off the planet when they had the opportunity