Traffic at Hormuz almost completely fermo after another night of cross-raids in the Gulf, with the truce now hanging by a thread. Usa have hit over 100 military targets in Iran in retaliation for recent attacks in the Strait. According to the official news agency Irna, there was also a raid on a facility near Bushehr, home to the only nuclear operations centerTehran responded by re-targeting American bases in Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Trump spoke with Netanyahu "to coordinate the next steps," he reported. AxiosMeanwhile, in Mashhad, a huge crowd gathered to pay their last respects to Khamenei, buried in his hometown.
In all this, the US Central Command responded to Iran on its control of the Strait of Hormuz. "Iran does not control it," reads a Centocm post on X. "Since early May, U.S. forces have helped ensure the safe transit of more than 800 commercial vessels and 380 million barrels of crude oil through this vital international trade corridor," it further emphasizes.
WSJ, Israel: Iran Has a New Plan to Kill Trump
Israel has shared with the United States new intelligence information that indicates a new Iranian plan to kill President Trump, according to sources familiar with the facts. This was reported by Wall Street Journal, according to which this information would mark aescalation in the war between Washington and IranFor years, the American newspaper writes, Iran has openly vowed to take revenge on Trump for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which occurred during the president's first term. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, Trump referred to threats to his life. "They want to eliminate the leader of the United States, which is me," he said. "I'm on every list. I saw this morning that I'm on every one of them. And so far, I think I've been a little lucky, but maybe that won't last long."
In the last weeks Relations between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have soured over differences of interest over the continuation of the war with Iran.Netanyahu has argued for the need to continue the attacks against Iran and achieve further military objectives. Trump has sought a way out of the conflict, citing concerns that it could the global economy will collapseAccording to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Trump and Netanyahu spoke yesterday and agreed to continue "coordination between the two countries." Trump also updated Netanyahu on recent US activities in the Gulf, the statement said.
