US-Israel-Iran War Live News Updates: Iran Trifled With Us', Got Blown Away In 2 Minutes', Says Trump

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have lifted restrictions on the U.S. military’s use of their bases and airspace imposed after the start of the American operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Lebanon's health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday.

The new deaths came a day after Israel killed a Hezbollah commander in its first attack on Beirut's southern suburbs since the shaky truce sought to end weeks of fighting.

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Lebanon and Israel will hold a new round of talks on May 14-15 in Washington on seeking a peace deal, despite a new Israeli strike against Hezbollah, a US official said.

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US President Donald Trump on Iran: "The talks are going very well — but they have to understand, if it doesn't get signed, they're going to have a lot of pain."
 

US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place, despite exchanges of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz.  "They trifled with us today. We blew them away," he told reporters in Washington, insisting that talks were "going very well."

Earlier Trump had posted on his Truth Social platform that US forces dealt "great damage" to Iranian attackers after three American naval destroyers came under fire while transiting the strait. "We'll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don't get their Deal signed, FAST!" he said.
 

The US military struck Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter posted on X citing a senior US official. The official said the strikes don’t mean restarting the war or ending the April 7 ceasefire.

The latest clash escalates tensions as the US seeks to exit a three-month war. Trump’s administration awaits Iran’s response on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a conflict that’s killed thousands and sparked a global energy crisis. Iran attacked three US warships with “multiple missiles, drones and small boats,” but CENTCOM said “no US assets were struck.” US forces “eliminated inbound threats” and hit Iranian missile/drone sites, command centers, and surveillance nodes.

US President Donald Trump said the US struck Iran after it fired on three Navy destroyers in Hormuz, warning of harder strikes if a deal isn’t signed fast. He said the ceasefire remains despite the exchange, downplaying Iran’s actions, "They trifled with us today. We blew them away.” Speaking at the National Mall, he added, "I’ll let you know when there’s no ceasefire. You’ll just have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran."

US President Donald Trump on Truth Social wrote, "Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, under fire. There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers. They were completely destroyed along with numerous small boats, which are being used to take the place of their fully decapitated Navy. These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently."

"Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down. Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air."

"They dropped ever so beautifully down to the Ocean, very much like a butterfly dropping to its grave! A normal Country would have allowed these Destroyers to pass, but Iran is not a normal Country. They are led by LUNATICS, and if they had the chance to use a Nuclear Weapon, they would do it, without question — But they’ll never have that opportunity and, just like we knocked them out again today, we’ll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don’t get their Deal signed, FAST!"

"Our three Destroyers, with their wonderful Crews, will now rejoin our Naval Blockade, which is truly a “Wall of Steel."

The US military said that Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats at the three US warships, but none were hit. US forces "eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible" for the attack, Central Command said in a post on X.

For its part, Iran's central military command said its forces had retaliated for the United States targeting an Iranian oil tanker and another ship in the strait, in violation of a ceasefire, according to a statement quoted by state TV.

Iran accuses the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting ships near the Strait of Hormuz and carrying out air strikes on civilian areas in Khamir, Sirik and Qeshm Island, warning of a “crushing response”.