President Donald Trump said early Thursday that the US will 'hit them very hard' after describing the interception of five rockets traveling at 8,500 mph. He stated that Iran 'took a shot, so it's our turn,' signaling a new wave of US strikes.
President Donald Trump issued a new threat against Iran in the early hours of Thursday, stating that the US will 'hit them very hard' after describing the interception of five rockets traveling at 8,500 mph. Trump added that Iran 'took a shot, so it's our turn,' signaling a new wave of US strikes. The statement, delivered shortly after midnight Jerusalem time, marks the latest escalation in a night of rapidly intensifying rhetoric from the White House.
The new threat follows a sequence of statements from Wednesday. At 15:20, Trump told Fox News the US would 'hit Iran hard' after an attack on American forces. At 22:23, he said the US would strike Iran 'very hard' after being briefed on an incident in Egypt. At 22:22, Trump claimed that Iran had attempted to launch five missiles at the United States, all of which were intercepted, and declared that 'now it's our turn' to strike. The early Thursday statement adds a specific reference to the rockets' speed and frames the US response as retaliation for Iran having 'taken a shot,' while the earlier claims of an Iranian missile salvo remain unverified.
As The Zioneer reported on July 20, the US has been conducting sustained strikes on Iranian military infrastructure, with Trump asserting that Iran has been 'very, very badly damaged.' The ongoing kinetic confrontation has seen multiple rounds of threats and strikes, with the president repeatedly vowing severe military action.
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