Trump And The US Strikes Iran in response to downing of military helicopter

  The US says it has carried out a series of strikes on Iranian military and surveillance sites in response to the downing of an American helicopter in the Gulf.

Air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, the US military Central Command (Centcom) said.

In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched strikes on 21 targets at US bases in the region, one in Bahrain and the other in Jordan, while Kuwait's army said it was also intercepting an attack. 

The US has described its strikes as "a proportional response" for the Apache helicopter downing on Monday, while the IRGC described the attacks as "vicious".

US President Donald Trump had earlier accused Iran of shooting down the helicopter and said the US "must, of necessity" respond. The two crew members survived and were rescued by an American sea drone.

According to US officials, Iran used a drone to launch the attack on the helicopter. But it is not clear whether the Iranian drone had deliberately attacked, an unnamed US official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that Iran had not claimed responsibility for the downed aircraft.

Trump said the helicopter had been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping channel that was effectively closed days after the US and Israel launched its first strikes on Iran in late February.

On Wednesday, the IRGC said US strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower and two water tanks, and added the US had targeted the cities of Jask and Sirik, and Qeshm - an island in the Gulf.

US officials are yet to comment on reports of attacks on its bases and it is unclear if there has been any damage. Jordan's military said it had shot down five missiles fired from Iran.

Earlier, an air raid alert was issued in Bahrain, according to local authorities who said Iranian attacks had been repelled.

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Iran’s Unprovoked Ballistic Missile Attack on Israel Is a Big Development, But Is Anyone Truly Surprised?

By Erick Stakelbeck - https://harbingersdaily.com/irans-unprovoked-ballistic-missile-attack-on-israel-is-a-big-development-but-is-anyone-truly-surprised/

You could say this past weekend was full of “non-surprises.”

Beginning on Sunday, Iran launched multiple rounds of ballistic missiles at Israel. This marked the first such attack since the ceasefire came into effect last April—but it’s not as though the regime had not already broken the agreement time and time again. And yes, after setting the Middle East back on fire, Iran threatened to launch even more attacks.

It’s a very big development, no doubt, but are you really surprised?

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An Absolutely Massive Bombing Campaign That Could Have Sparked All-Out War in the Middle East Was Called Off at Literally the Last Minute

Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/an-absolutely-massive-bombing-campaign-that-could-have-sparked-all-out-war-in-the-middle-east-was-called-off-at-literally-the-last-minute/#google_vignette

We were just minutes away from all-out war in the Middle East, and most people that are living in the western world have no idea what just happened. After hitting Iran with two waves of strikes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered an absolutely massive third wave, but he called it off after a last minute phone call with President Trump. If that massive third wave of strikes had gone ahead, the Iranians would have definitely responded in a major way, and we would be talking about “all-out war in the Middle East” right now.

Let me briefly review how we got to this point.

Hezbollah has been firing hundreds and hundreds of rockets into Israel, and so on Sunday the Israelis conducted airstrikes in southern Beirut.

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The Cost of a Leak Is Now Being Measured in Sirens Over Israel

By Tania Koenig - https://watch.org/node/142034

By the end of Sunday night, the story was no longer confined to intelligence briefings, diplomatic channels, or anonymous accusations traded between Washington, Jerusalem and Ankara. It had moved into Israeli homes. Iran had fired ballistic missiles toward Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire, according to reporting from Axios, and Israeli air defenses were activated as civilians were sent into protected spaces. A later report said Iran launched eleven ballistic missiles before Israel struck military targets in western and central Iran, a response also reported by Reuters. What began as an alleged failure of operational secrecy is now being measured in the most concrete terms possible: alarms, interceptions, families in shelters, and a sovereign state forced once again to defend its civilians from missiles launched by the Islamic Republic.

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Turkey Strutting Its Prophesied Power

Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2026/06/07/turkey-strutting-its-prophesied-power/

There is growing worry, especially among Israeli news sources, about Israel’s future. One primary reason for the angst is Turkey’s dramatically growing desire and efforts to establish hegemony over the entire region. This, they fear is happening while America’s desire to withdraw from the region as “sheriff” threatens to leave Israel to defend itself without US military help.

Turkey, of course, is included, we believe, within the prophesied Gog-Magog assault given by the prophet Ezekiel.

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US and Iran exchange fire after American patrol helicopter downed in Hormuz

  The US and Iran have exchanged fire after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for the downing of an American military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

The US Central Command (Centcom) said it launched airstrikes at Iranian targets at 17:00 ET (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday and later said the operation was complete.

In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched strikes on two US bases in the region, one in Bahrain and the other in Jordan, while Kuwait's army said it was also intercepting an attack.

The US has described its strikes as "a proportional response" for the Apache helicopter downing, while the IRGC described the attacks as "vicious".

The exchange of fire comes after two crew members of the downed helicopter were rescued by an American sea drone on Monday, Centcom said. It was the first time the US military publicly confirmed that type of vessel was used in such an operation.

According to US officials, Iran used a drone to launch the attack on the helicopter. But it's not clear whether the Iranian drone had deliberately attacked, an unnamed US official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that Iran had not claimed responsibility for the downed aircraft.

In response, Centcom said US fighter jets "struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz".

The IRGC said US strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower and two water tanks. Iran said the US had targeted the cities of Jask and Sirik, and Qeshem - an island in the Gulf.

Centcom released the statement saying the mission was "completed" just over three hours after it announced an initial wave of strikes triggered by the downing of the US helicopter on Monday.

US officials are yet to comment on reports of attacks on its bases and it is unclear if there has been any damage. However, an air raid alert was issued in Bahrain, according to local authorities who said Iranian attacks had been repelled.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze9359gglyo 

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Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisis

  Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu believed that victory over Iran would reshape the Middle East.

The region is being reshaped. But not in the way they expected. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not been defeated. The risk now is of a long, attritional permacrisis that will lurch in and out of outright conflict. 

The Iranian regime has proved to be a much harder nut to crack than Trump and Netanyahu had assumed. Their judgement was wrong, and they have lost control of the consequences.

The latest of those is Iran's downing of the US Apache helicopter. It is another reminder that Iran's rulers can still hurt the Americans and will not budge in their determination to come out of this war on top. For them, victory equals survival and enhanced deterrence, in the shape of acknowledgement of their control of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most strategic waterways.

The president and his generals will try to calibrate their response to the loss of the helicopter, to show just as emphatically that they cannot be pushed around, but at the same time to preserve the sluggish and so far unproductive diplomatic process. The Apache's crew survived. Had they been killed, a much harsher response would have been likely.

Trump has been banking on a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agree the terms of much longer-term talks over the big issues, starting with Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium and its wider nuclear plans.

The war is unpopular in America and he wants a way out he can present as a victory. It is proving to be a tough challenge.

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UK and allies sanction 'networks' enabling settler violence in West Bank

  The UK, Australia, Canada, France and Norway have imposed sanctions on what they call "networks" involved in financing and enabling attacks against Palestinian civilians by Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The move is designed to "hold extremist settlers accountable for the horrific levels of settler violence", the five countries said. 

France also barred far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country. He has wide authority over government policies on settlements in the West Bank, which are illegal under international law.

Israel said it rejected the "disgraceful measures", calling them political acts "camouflaged as measures against violence".

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state - during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.

There has been a surge in attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, which was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.

The UN documented 1,835 attacks by settlers against Palestinians in 2025 that resulted in casualties or damage to property, in around 280 communities across the West Bank.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddl4dl9m3po

Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre despite Iranian warning to stop attacks

  Israel has carried out strikes across southern Lebanon, despite a warning from Iran not to continue attacks in the country.

The Lebanese health ministry said eight people were killed in Tyre, where the Israeli military issued a new order for residents to leave the southern city, including its Christian quarter for the first time. 

Israel and Iran paused hostilities on Monday, after an Israeli strike on Beirut targeting the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah triggered their first exchange of fire since a truce in April.

Iran warned that it could hit Israel again if it did not stop attacks in Lebanon. But Israel vowed to continue its campaign against Hezbollah. The conflict is complicating President Donald Trump's efforts to strike a deal to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran.

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