U.S. President Donald Trump stated during a Friday meeting at Camp David that the United States intends to continue military action against Iran, saying the nation would be struck “very hard” until it capitulates. Trump indicated that winning against Iran remained a priority for his administration.
The White House press secretary characterized Iran as having violated a memorandum of understanding signed last month by attacking commercial vessels and killing American service members. The statement vowed that Iran would face continued consequences until it returns to negotiations on terms the president considers acceptable.
On Saturday, Kuwait’s military reported responding to Iranian drone strikes that damaged vital facilities, including a government structure in the country’s north, with no casualties reported. Additionally, the British Navy documented a tanker struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, with engine room damage sustained. A second explosion occurred near another vessel on Saturday in the same waterway. Iran has conducted repeated attacks on ships transiting the strait without authorization as tensions persist with the United States.
In Gaza, Israeli forces conducted strikes Friday night that resulted in at least two deaths and dozens of injuries according to local health officials. The military operations followed Hamas’s announcement that it would disarm as part of a potential resolution to the conflict, based on a ceasefire agreement announced last October. An Israeli lawmaker criticized the disarmament deal as unacceptable and called for continued military operations.
Additional developments included Iranian-backed Houthi rebels forcing eight Saudi vessels to reroute from the Bab el-Mandeb strait, Israeli forces destroying tunnel networks beneath a 12th-century castle in southern Lebanon that Israel attributed to Hezbollah operations, and Lebanon’s president expressing concern about the Israeli action ahead of planned negotiations in Rome regarding Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanese territory.
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