Israel is coordinating with the US to carry out a “short campaign” against Iran if the cease-fire falls apart over escalations in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said.
The Jewish state is making preparations for a new round of airstrikes on Iran aimed at senior officials and key energy infrastructure, an Israeli source told CNN.
“The intention would be to carry out a short campaign aimed at pressuring Iran into further concessions in negotiations,” the source claimed.
The targets would be similar to the ones that the US and Israel had ready before the cease-fire went into effect in April, which saw President Trump warn that he would blow up Iran’s power plants, bridges and leadership.
With peace talks stagnating and the US and Iran trading fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump has reportedly grown frustrated and is now daring the Islamic republic to either concede or restart the war.
The president, however, has remained optimistic that a deal can be secured and insisted that the recent attacks in the strait do not violate the cease-fire with Iran.
The president has repeatedly declined to say what exactly Iran could do that would constitute a cease-fire violation.
“You’ll find out, because I’ll let you know,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Trump’s remarks echoes that of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said the cease-fire was still active.
Iran, meanwhile, has issued a renewed warning to ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz that they would be met with “decisive action” after two American ships passed through on Monday under a US military escort.
“Repeated warning: We warn all vessels intending to transit the strait; the only safe route for passing through the Strait of Hormuz is the corridor previously announced by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said through state media.
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