Trump threatens more strikes on Iran

FE Team | Published: August 01, 2026 23:49:44

CAIRO, Aug 01 (AP): U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was struck in the strategic waterway.
Meanwhile, Israel carried out heavy strikes on the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to disarm.
US threatens new strikes in the conflict with Iran
Speaking to reporters Friday during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, Trump said "we just want to win" in Iran and signaled that he expected U.S. military action to continue for some time.
He said the U.S. will hit Iran "very hard" until they can't take it anymore.
Later that day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed the U.S. administration's frustration anew, charging that Tehran last month signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on a truce but then quickly "broke it, shot at commercial ships, and killed American soldiers."
"President Trump is not going to stand by and allow this terrorist behavior to occur," Leavitt said in a statement on Friday evening. "Iran will continue to pay until they come to the table in, what President Trump deems, a meaningful way."
On Saturday, the U.S. State Department issued new security alerts for Americans
in 10 countries in the region to exercise heightened caution due to the escalating tensions with Iran.
The warnings - covering Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates - urged U.S. citizens to prepare for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions.
New attacks on Kuwait and on shipping
Kuwait's military said Saturday that its forces were responding to drone attacks, which were part of Iran's assaults on the country.
In a statement, Maj. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, spokesman for Kuwait's Defense Ministry, said the drones hit "a number of vital facilities," including a government structure in the country's north. He said there were no casualties.
The British Navy said Saturday that a tanker was struck and a separate explosion hit close to a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman.