[US-Israel, Iran War Day #188] US-Iran Conflict Escalates, Israel Prepares for Iranian Attack

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed reports of heavily depleted US munition stockpiles amid the war in Iran, adding that the United States was stockpiling munitions.
• Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel would strike Iran’s infrastructure and return it to the “Stone Age” if Tehran attacked Israel.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed US embassies worldwide to press host governments at the highest level over Washington’s Operation Economic Outcast sanctions campaign, Axios reported.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended US military deployments in the Middle East into 2027, a sign the conflict with Iran could drag well into next year, the Wall Street Journal reported.
• Kuwait said its air defenses were intercepting Iranian missile and drone attacks on Wednesday.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was working to overthrow Iran’s government and that “all of Israel’s systems” were involved, i24NEWS reported.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Vance says Iran’s control of Strait of Hormuz ‘effectively gone’