BREAKING: U.S. STRIKES Iran Coast; IRGC Attacks Destroyers In Hormuz | TBN Israel

Iranian Revolutionary Guards attacked three US Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (USS Truxton, USS Rafael Peralta, USS Mason) in the Strait of Hormuz using missiles, UAVs, and fast boats. The US successfully intercepted all threats without significant damage or casualties and retaliated with strikes on Iranian military infrastructure in southern Iran.

Three American destroyers operated as part of the American maritime security operation in the Gulf and were attacked using a combination of missiles, UAVs, and fast boats of the Revolutionary Guards. The United States responded with a wave of strikes against the Revolutionary Guards targets in southern Iran.

Despite direct exchanges of fire, US officials, including former President Trump, described the events as 'taps of love' and insisted the ceasefire remained in effect. The US framed its retaliatory strikes as a 'measured response' aimed at restoring deterrence without escalating to a broader war.

Trump claimed that these were taps of love. The ceasefire is still effect. American officials emphasized to Western media outlets that this was a measured response intended to restore deterrence, but not to lead at this stage to a broader war with Iran.

The US has imposed a maritime blockade on Iranian ports, significantly hindering Iran's oil exports. This has led to oil piling up in storage and reports of oil slicks near Karag Island, potentially due to leaks or deliberate release from overflowing storage.

Since midappril the American blockade on the Iranian ports has remained in force... Iran can pump oil. It is struggling to export it. This also explains reports of oil slicks near Karag Island, Iran's oil island. It is still unclear whether this was a leak or a deliberate release because of a shortage of storage space.

Iran's objective in the Strait of Hormuz is not to militarily defeat the superior US Navy but to create an image of confrontation, delay maritime traffic, increase costs, and exert political pressure. They aim to establish a 'system of permission' for passage, effectively declaring ownership over an international strait.

Iran does not need to sink a destroyer in order to create an incident. It only needs to create the image of confrontation... Iran is trying to tell the world if you want calm at sea you need to pay a diplomatic price in Thran. Thran is even trying to build an official framework to inspect and tax ships seeking to pass through the strait.

American intelligence indicates Iran can survive the blockade for at least 90 days, retaining 75% of its missile launchers and 70% of its missiles. Iran's 'Katam el Anbia' organization, an economic arm of the Revolutionary Guards, controls vast infrastructure projects, funneling billions into the regime and circumventing sanctions.

Iran can survive the blockade for at least another 90 days and maybe much longer... Iran preserved 75% of the missile launchers and 70% of the missiles themselves. There is the Katamean Nabia construction headquarters, the economic arm of the revolutionary guards... controls infrastructure, energy, construction, tunnels, roads, missile facilities.

Israel fears a diplomatic agreement that might allow Iran to preserve its nuclear capabilities, missile systems, and regional proxy networks (Hezbollah, Hamas). Such an outcome would be seen not as an end to the war, but as a recovery period for Iran to rearm and prepare for future conflicts against Israel.

Israel fears a bad agreement. Not only because of the nuclear issue, but also because of the missiles, also because of the money, also because of the linkage between the fronts. If Iran comes out of this war feeling that it survived, preserved a significant part of its missiles, kept the nuclear capabilities, received money, and connected Lebanon and Gaza to the agreement, that's not the end of the war. That is recovery for the next round of fighting against Israel.