Trump updates Netanyahu on US moves in Gulf as Iran intensifies retaliation

Following recent US strikes in Iran President Donald Trump on Thursday local time updated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on fresh American moves in the GulfAccording to a post shared on X by the Israeli Prime Ministers Office an additional conversation took place between the two leaders this evening during which continued coordination between both countries across various sectors was establishedPresident Trump updated the Prime Minister on American moves in the Gulf The Prime Minister on his part raised the severity of the statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his people against the existence of the State of Israel as well as the need for security zones along Israels borders the statement from the Israeli PMO readMeanwhile Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC on Thursday claimed it had struck the US AlAzraq air base in northern Jordan with 10 ballistic missiles on what it described as an enemy command and control centre in West Asia in retaliatory strikes in response to a recent attack on Tehran by WashingtonAccording to a statement carried by Irans state broadcaster the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting IRIB the IRGC said the missile strikes marked the second phase of its response to what it described as aggression by the United StatesAt 220 pm today IRGC aerospace fighters destroyed the enemys command and control centre in West Asia and the enemy air base in AlAzraq Jordan with 10 ballistic missiles the statement readThe IRGC warned that further US military action would trigger additional attacks on American bases in the regionIf the US terrorist army repeats its aggression other US bases in the region will not be safe from our heavy fire the statement carried by IRIB addedThe statement further stated that Iran had previously warned that repeated attacks would lead to an expansion of its military response Amid this Jordan confirmed that air raid sirens had been activated after missiles entered the countrys airspace from IranJordans government spokesperson Mohammad AlMomani in a post on X said Air raid sirens were activated by the Public Security Directorate just moments ago following reports of the Kingdoms airspace being breached by missiles launched from Iran which were intercepted and dealt withThe valiant Jordanian Armed Forces are on high alert ready to address any threat facing the Kingdom and are deploying all their efforts to safeguard the nations security and the safety of its citizens he addedIn the first phase of its punitive response IRGC struck key infrastructure at four US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for American strikes in TehranAccording to Press TV the IRGC detailed the retaliation in a statement earlier today identifying the targeted outposts as Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain and stated that the facilities were hit using missiles and dronesIRGC condemned the US attacks calling them a violation of commitments and affirming its resolve to fight against the childkilling US militaryThe Iranian action comes after US Central Command CENTCOM on Wednesday said its forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade Tehrans ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz following recent attacks on commercial shipping and civilian crewsIn a post shared on X US CENTCOM said At the direction of the Commander in Chief US Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of HormuzMeanwhile Irans southern port city of Chabahar experienced power cuts after the United States airstrikes according to CNN citing Iranian state media Additionally explosions were also reported in the Iranian city of Bushehr CNN reported citing the semiofficial Fars news agencyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever