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US confirms weeks of secret strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, timed with midterms

US officials call the strikes 'defensive'; Iran claims drone kills

3 Nov 2 9:00 PM · 5d ago · 28 articles · 17 posts · 1 comment · 7 sources · development 3 of 7

CNN, the New York Times, Washington Post and others report US officials characterizing the Qeshm Island action as limited and defensive, meant to protect US assets, with no plans to escalate; Iran's IRGC separately says it shot down two US drones and that tankers were hit by naval mines.

US officials call the strikes 'defensive'; Iran claims drone kills
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“the latest of a series of limited strikes Washington has secretly carried out against the country in recent weeks”

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Donald TrumpDonald Trump US PresidentJD VanceJD Vance US Vice PresidentBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime MinisterIRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Iranian military forceUS military officials (unnamed) Pentagon/administration sources

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What was reported 8 claims about this development

  1. 20 outlets US military conducts strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island in defensive operation, officials say

    first by CNN, 5d ago · also The National UAE, Al Jazeera, Rediff, CNBC, The Canberra Times, ABC News +13

    16 more headlines
  2. 16 outlets U.S. Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Trump Talks Down War Risks

    first by WSJ, 5d ago · also India Today, Straits Times, Arab News, Reuters, Hindustan Times, NY Post +9

    10 more headlines
  3. 8 outlets U.S. has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz: official ahead of midterm elections

    first by The Hindu, 5d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer, Arab News, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Globe and Mail, Washington Times +1

    5 more headlines
  4. 3 outlets U.S. forces launch new ‘defensive’ strikes in Iran on eve of election

    first by The Washington Post, 5d ago · also Al Jazeera, Washington Post

    1 more headline
  5. 2 outlets US struck Iran's Qeshm Island, US officials confirm - report

    first by Jerusalem Post, 5d ago · also Le Monde EN

    1 more headline
  6. 2 outlets US strikes Iran’s Qeshm island as Trump talks down war risks

    first by The Australian, 5d ago · also Al-Monitor

    1 more headline
  7. 1 outlet Iran says tankers destroyed after hitting mines in Hormuz

    first by The Hindu, 3d ago

  8. 1 outlet Iran shoots at aircraft, US strikes back

    first by The Courier Mail, 6d ago

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