Amid rapidly escalating tensions in West Asia, US President Donald Trump warned that the United States would deploy warships along with allied nations to ensure the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains “open and safe.” Trump said the US would “bomb the hell out of the shoreline” and continuously target Iranian boats and ships if necessary.

The warning comes as hostilities between Iran and the US-Israel alliance intensify across the Gulf region.

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Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched the 51st wave of strikes under its ongoing military campaign, Operation True Promise 4. According to the IRGC, the latest phase involved a barrage of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel missiles targeting US military installations across the region.

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