President Donald Trump said the US struck sites in Iran for violating the ceasefire agreement, and warned that the military may have to complete the mission operationally, according to i24NEWS. The second consecutive night of US strikes comes in response to an Iranian attack on an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC claimed earlier it struck several American military targets in the region in retaliation.
President Donald Trump confirmed the US struck sites in Iran for violating the ceasefire agreement, and warned that a full military campaign may be necessary to complete the mission, per i24NEWS. The warning — the latest and most explicit threat of broader military action — comes during the second consecutive night of US airstrikes on Iran, which Washington says are retaliation for an Iranian attack on an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz earlier Sunday.
As The Zioneer reported at 00:29 Jerusalem, US fighter jets struck Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and naval mine-laying capabilities. At 02:14 Jerusalem, CENTCOM detailed Sunday night's wave as targeting communications systems, mine-laying capabilities, surveillance infrastructure, air defense sites, and drone storage facilities. Additional strikes were reported on Qeshm Island and the port cities of Bandar Lengeh and Bandar Kong. Earlier in the sequence, at 21:51 Jerusalem on Saturday, the IRGC claimed it struck "several targets of the American army in the region" in response to the initial US strikes, and Bahrain accused Iran of launching drone attacks on its territory. Trump's earliest warnings, published at 00:29 Jerusalem, threatened that the Islamic Republic would "no longer exist" if the US abandoned "reasonableness."
The exchanges mark a significant escalation in the US-Iran confrontation, following weeks of tit-for-tat strikes and threats, as The Zioneer reported on June 11. The IRGC had earlier threatened an imminent response to US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz on June 10. Trump's warning of potentially completing the mission militarily — rather than through diplomacy — signals the administration may be prepared to expand the scope of operations beyond calibrated retaliation.
What remains open is the extent of damage from the second night of strikes; initial reports from Iranian opposition activists of an IRGC ammunition depot struck overnight Saturday remain unverified, and Iranian state media has not commented on the latest wave.
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