CENTCOM announces 10 thousand US troops to assist in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warns of ‘Iran war tax’. Retired USMC Colonel Mike Jernigan provides analysis on ‘The Faulkner Focus’.
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Mossad director Dadi Barnia announced on Tuesday that Israel’s campaign against Iran “will end only when the extremist regime in Iran is removed.”
Barnia made the comments during a Holocaust commemoration event, according to Wall Street Journal.
Barnia reportedly said, “We planned carefully so that our actions would continue and manifest themselves in the period following the attacks in Tehran.” “Our commitment will be fulfilled only when the extremist regime in Iran is removed.”
“The forty days of intense fighting have yielded highly significant achievements, the most significant of which is the destruction of the enemy’s central objective – the State of Israel,” Barnia said. To Ynetnews. “However, our mission is not yet accomplished.”
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File photo shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, taking part in a demonstration marking Jerusalem Day in Tehran. (Mortaza Nicoubazal/Nurfoto)
Israel launched its Operation Roaring Lion against Iran on February 28, the same day the US military launched Operation Epic Fury.
The joint US-Israeli effort has destroyed Iran’s military and missile infrastructure and resulted in the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
China calls US military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz a ‘dangerous and irresponsible step’
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei (R) as the country’s new supreme leader, replacing his father Ali Khamenei, in the Iranian capital Tehran on March 4, 2026. (Iranian Presidential Press Office/Anadolu)
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is seriously disfigured after being hit in the leg and face during initial air strikes on Tehran in February, Reuters reported earlier this week.
Former Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to cast his vote during the 2024 presidential election. (Shobhan Farajwan/Pacific Press)
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Khamenei is recovering from injuries sustained in the February 28 airstrike that killed his father.
Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
