[US-Israel, Iran War Day #187] US Hits Iranian Tankers, Iran Expands Strikes on US Bases Across Region

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait,” saying the United States now had control of the strategic waterway.
• Seven members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Basij were killed in separate US strikes in Kermanshah province and on Lavan Island, Iranian officials said on Wednesday.
• The US military struck two Iranian government tankers during Tuesday’s attacks under a new “tanker for tanker” policy approved by President Donald Trump, Axios reported, marking the first such retaliatory strikes on Iranian tankers over attacks on Hormuz shipping.
• Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US facilities across the region, including bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Erbil, while Kuwait and Bahrain said their air defenses were responding to Iranian or hostile drone attacks.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said ballistic missiles struck US drone hangars at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan, while Jordan said it intercepted 10 of 13 ballistic missiles entering its airspace.
• G20 finance leaders called for “free, safe and predictable navigation” through the Strait of Hormuz, with China the only member present to object to the paragraph containing the Hormuz language.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump says prepared to carry out another attack on Iran