"The U.S. destroyed 16 mine-laying Iranian vessels, though President Donald Trump said in social media posts that there were no reports of Iran planting explosives in the Strait of Hormuz": "The Iranian military released footage of missile launches from what it described as a wave of heavy, multi-warhead projectiles targeting Iraq, Bahrain, and Israel. Interceptions were seen ... though reports have emerged of a hit on Tel Aviv" ... ... as "Iran believes there can be no end to the conflict until it believes Trump has been shown the economic, political and military cost is so high that it is not worth repeating": “Nobody can claim to want the end of the Islamic republic more than we do. But attacking the country in this way will have the opposite effect": "Do negotiations with the United States always end with missiles hitting the capital?" Israel's "route to victory lies with the relentless punishing of the civilian population" ... ... and Iran's " belief that the US would ultimately act rationally may have been a profound miscalculation": The President and the Pentagon have cast blame on Iran for the mounting toll ... ... but contrary to Trump's claims, the "only other countries using Tomahawks are Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands": "[S]upport for the strikes is far lower than what it has been at the beginnings of previous foreign conflicts": "By the time we finally packed our bags and locked the door, our fingernails were caked in chemical grime, and our lungs were burning just from breathing inside our own living room": "Iran’s attacks on its neighbors are a reminder that the United States cannot protect them":
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