United States Strikes Iran, Closing Strait of Hormuz as Trump Orders Airstrikes

The United States and Iran exchanged fresh military strikes as the Strait of Hormuz remained a focal point, with Al Jazeera reporting that US fighter jets and warships hit hundreds of military targets and a number of civilian ones in nearly a week of strikes.

“US CENTCOM completes third round of strikes on Iran Tehran, Iran – Several days of military attacks by the United States across Iran have marked the most intense rounds of bombardment since the two sides reached a vague memorandum of understanding last month”

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Al Jazeera said Iranian authorities reported attacks in at least 10 provinces, mainly in southern Iran near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, while the IRGC said overnight into Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was once again considered closed due to US military intervention.

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In response to Iranian attacks on ships in the strait, Ynetnews reported that the U.S. military attacked three ships on the southern route Tuesday and that Trump ordered airstrikes in Iran.

Ynetnews added that U.S. Central Command said it struck about 140 military targets in Iran in response, bringing the number of U.S. strikes over the past week to 310.

Ynetnews also said Trump warned that, in his view, the agreement signed in June “no longer exists,” as global energy prices rose again amid fears of a return to full-scale war.

As the US and Iran confrontation intensified, Ynetnews reported that an Israeli official said Jerusalem was “closely” monitoring the exchange of blows between the United States and Iran but that, at this stage, Israel was not directly involved in the confrontation.

Ynetnews said the same Israeli official warned that “For now we are outside it, but that could change,” and described an Israeli entry into the campaign only if Washington asked it to do so or if Iran chose to draw Israel into the confrontation through a direct attack.

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In parallel, Al Jazeera described a civilian toll and uncertainty on the ground, quoting Farshad, a 21-year-old resident of eastern Tehran, saying, “Everything is too chaotic right now to guess what will happen next but it doesn’t look good,”.

The Muslim News reported that five Palestinians, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday as Israel continued military operations despite a ceasefire that has been in force since October 10, 2025.

The Muslim News also said the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported two Palestinians were killed when an Israeli strike hit a workshop in the Sabra district, south of Gaza City.

The stakes in the Strait of Hormuz dispute were framed in The Muslim News through competing claims of control and navigation, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announcing the strait would remain closed until further notice as the confrontation with Washington continued.

“What we should know: The war between the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran began on Saturday, 9 Esfand 1404”

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The Muslim News reported that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the future management of shipping through the strategic waterway should be decided through consultations between Iran and Oman, and that talks during Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Muscat on Saturday focused on securing navigation through the strait.

Ynetnews tied the maritime fight to global economic risk, saying that before the war broke out, about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas production, originating in Middle Eastern countries, passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

Al Jazeera said life for more than 10 million people in Tehran had carried on mostly as usual because the capital had not been recently attacked, but it also reported that the economy was in the doldrums and the outlook was increasingly uncertain.

DW reported that the United States has named its military operation against the Islamic Republic 'Epic Fury,' and that Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Republic, was killed during these attacks, while it also said the Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba as the third Leader one week after the official death of Khamenei.