{"id":80476,"date":"2026-04-23T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/80476\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:26:16","slug":"trump-says-navy-will-shoot-and-kill-boats-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/80476\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Navy will \u2018shoot and kill\u2019 boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest cycle of threats and concessions that have marked US President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/donald-trump?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s approach to the war that he and his Israeli counterpart started against Iran, the mercurial leader said on Thursday he would destroy any undersized boats attempting to lay mines in the blocked Strait of Hormuz.His focus on diminutive vessels followed his oft-repeated messaging that Iran\u2019s larger naval vessels <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/diplomacy\/article\/3346147\/hegseth-says-tuesday-will-be-most-intense-us-war-iran-trump-considers-endgame?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">no longer exist<\/a> as he renews his effort to muscle Tehran\u2019s frustratingly resilient regime to concede defeat.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be \u2026 that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz\u201d, Trump wrote on social media, adding that Iran has no navy since \u201cALL 159 of them\u201d are at the bottom of the sea.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump\u2019s latest warning came as Israel signalled it was ready to pile on more pressure.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel was \u201cprepared to resume the war against Iran\u201d, adding that his country was awaiting a green light from the United States to return Iran to a prehistoric state.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe IDF is ready both defensively and offensively, and the targets have been marked,\u201d Katz said in a video, referring to the Israeli Defence Forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the latest cycle of threats and concessions that have marked US President Donald Trump\u2019s approach to 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