Day: July 9, 2026

“We just hit them very hard,” he told reporters as he flew back from a NATO summit in Turkey.

“Every time they hit us, we’re going to hit them 20. And we did it last night. We did a little something today, but it was really retribution for last night. They hit actually three boats, not two. And when they hit, we hit back much harder.”

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf.

The strikes came hours after Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the fragile ceasefire.

The U.S. struck a variety of military sites and port facilities early Wednesday after Iran targeted several merchant vessels off the coast of Oman, sparking Iranian fire then as well.

But Thursday’s attacks appeared bigger all around, with sirens sounding at least twice in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters.

There was no immediate word of damage in the three Gulf Arab countries from attacks claimed by Iran’s military.

“We have many ways we can win, but we’ve already won militarily,” Trump said.

“They have very little. They have very little left, and they want to make a deal so badly.”

Courtesy: Associated Press

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