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Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post has learned that US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine would feel that leakers from a private meeting with Trump have done an injustice to both their views.

Senior Iranian official threatens Israel with ‘new target bank’ if Israel enters war • Trump has not decided on large-scale attacks against Iran, sources tell 'Post' • Saudi-Houthi conflict escalates

Israel fought the wars, paid the price, and transformed the region – only for others to write the new Middle East without it.

Iranian financial evasion network sanctioned by US Treasury • Saudis strike Yemen's Hodeidah port • US military disables tanker trying to breach blockade of Iranian ports

Using B-1 bombers, which can carry two dozen 2,000-lb. bombs or dozens of cruise missiles, signaled a significant escalation and expansion of the US military campaign, per Axios. 

Several explosions were heard in the southern Iranian city of Sirik on Thursday morning

"The US will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant, including those located next to, or in, the capital city of Tehran," Trump said.

Oil tankers turn around, avoid Red Sea following warnings by Yemen's Houthis • Israel, Lebanon delegations to meet in Rome on August 4 for new negotiations round

"The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the US Central Command said in a statement on X.

Trump is expected to escalate the war with Iran, leading Israeli officials to believe that Tehran could retaliate directly against Israel.