- The US military has attacked Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz in its first offensive operation in a month.
- An unnamed US official stated that Iranian forces were preparing to launch mine-carrying rockets into the vital shipping lane.
- President Donald Trump had previously warned Iran that any vessel attempting to place new mines in the waterway would be destroyed.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded by warning that the American attack would result in punishment for the aggressor.
- The strike marks a fresh escalation in the six-month conflict between Iran, the US and Israel, which had largely reached a stalemate.
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