Israel hits Tehran with wave of strikes and warns attacks on Iran ‘will escalate and expand’ | Wire

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran and threatened on Friday that its attacks “will escalate and expand” after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz, though there have been no signs of Iran backing down.

With stock markets reeling and economic fallout from the war extending far beyond the Middle East, Trump is under growing pressure to end Iran’s chokehold on the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil is usually shipped.

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