Trump calls Strait of Hormuz 'something that we don't need'

Trump told reporters that he is talking to countries about policing the Strait.

ByKevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Jon Haworth, and Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: March 15, 2026, 9:09 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen on Sunday to succeed him.

Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

(Read previous Iran live updates here.)

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Mar 09, 2026, 6:02 AM EDT

3 injured as Iranian missiles target central Israel, emergency responders say

Two men were in serious condition in Israel after an Iranian missile attack targeted the center of the country, Magen David Adom, the Israeli emergency response organization, said in Hebrew in on social media.

"In another incident in the center of the country, Magen David Adom medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment and evacuating a man approximately 30 years old in serious condition with shrapnel injuries to Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer," the organization said in an update on social media.

The Israel Defense Forces said in an update that its personnel were responding to the impact sites.

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