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Trump confirms US strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island: ‘We watched it get built — then we hit it’

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“Trump confirms US strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island: ‘We watched it get built — then we hit it’”

US President Donald Trump has confirmed that American forces struck an Iranian air-defence facility on Qeshm Island, near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, describing the operation as a "limited military action" rather than a return to full-scale war. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said Washington had monitored the construction of the facility for approximately two months before attacking it as soon as it was completed. "They have no anti-aircraft. We took some out last night...…

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