{"id":944669,"date":"2026-05-07T21:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944669\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:59:16","slug":"us-says-it-has-targeted-iranian-military-facilities-after-responding-to-attacks-on-navy-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944669\/","title":{"rendered":"US says it has targeted Iranian military facilities after responding to attacks on navy ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explosions in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran&#8217;s state broadcasterpublished at 21:52 BST<\/p>\n<p>21:52 BSTBreaking<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/b66a51d3-6f1b-48cd-b517-7adce4bbca7a.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><strong>Ione Wells<\/strong><br \/>Foreign correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Iran\u2019s state broadcaster has reported explosions in the Strait of Hormuz which it has described as an \u201cexchange of fire\u201d between Iranian armed forces and the \u201cenemy\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An Israeli source has told the BBC there was \u201cno Israeli involvement\u201d in reported attacks on Thursday evening in the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Iran\u2019s state broadcaster, citing an unnamed military official, said it followed an attack by the US military on an Iranian tanker, saying that \u201cenemy units\u201d in the strait came under Iranian missile fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US has so far not commented on the reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Tuesday, the US paused an operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, citing \u201cgreat progress\u201d that Donald Trump said had been made toward a deal with Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday, Trump said that the US military operation towards Iran dubbed \u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d would end if Iran \u201cagrees to give what has been agreed to\u201d, without giving more detail. Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said the latest US proposal was being considered. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing his security cabinet on Wednesday evening, said that there was \u201cfull coordination\u201d between the US and Israel; there are no surprises\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1ynsflq-UnorderedList e1q8fsc70\">\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\" class=\"ssrcss-ugdhan-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n      This is a breaking story &#8211; stay with us for the latest updates as they come in\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explosions in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran&#8217;s state broadcasterpublished at 21:52 BST 21:52 BSTBreaking Ione WellsForeign correspondent Iran\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-944669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116535542979986097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}