The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Al Jazeera English reported that U.S. President Donald Trump said a “big wave” of U.S. military action against Iran is still to come, describing the current campaign as only the beginning of a broader assault.
“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave
hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon,” Trump said in an interview
with CNN, according to Al Jazeera.
Trump said he did not want the conflict to continue for too
long, adding, “I always thought it would be four weeks. And we’re a little
ahead of schedule.”
He also claimed that 49 Iranian leaders were killed in the
initial strikes. Additionally, Trump described Iran’s reported attacks on
Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as the “biggest
surprise” of the conflict.
Separately, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said its air force shot
down two Iranian fighter jets approaching its airspace. In a statement, the
ministry said its naval and air defense systems also intercepted seven
ballistic missiles and five drones allegedly launched from Iran.
According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it had launched the 12th
wave of “Operation True Promise 4” targeting what it described as enemy
positions.
Tasnim reported that in an earlier statement, the IRGC said
the 11th wave of the operation involved combined naval and aerospace units
striking U.S. and Israeli military targets on the third day of what it called
enemy aggression against Iran.
The statement said Iranian missiles and drones targeted U.S.
intelligence centers and military logistics facilities in the Gulf region, as
well as what it described as Israeli military-industrial sites in Beersheba and
more than 20 locations in Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem and the Galilee.
There was no immediate independent verification of the
claims made by either side.
The escalating U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory
operations mark one of the most significant military confrontations in the
region in decades. Regional states have heightened air defenses amid expanding
cross-border strikes, raising concerns that the conflict could widen further
across the Middle East.
