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Trump says US ‘obliterated' military targets in strike on key Iranian oil hub: 'Powerful bombing raids'; IDF reports 7,600 strikes, 10,000+ Iranian security casualties
2026-03-14
[FoxNews] President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had carried out a bombing raid on Iran’s Kharg Island, a strategically vital island in the Persian Gulf that serves as the country’s largest oil terminal and a crucial hub for its crude exports.
"They'll never bomb here"
"Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The island, located roughly 35 miles off Iran’s Bushehr province in the country’s southwest, is about the size of New York City’s Central Park but carries huge importance for Iran’s economy.

It has a loading capacity of about 7 million barrels per day, and roughly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports pass through it. Most of those exports are shipped to China and India, underscoring the island’s importance not only to Iran’s energy trade but also to broader global oil markets.

Courtesy of badanov:



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🚨 FIRST COLOR DRONE FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE IRAN

The U.S. military has released full-color daytime targeting video from inside Iran.

The footage, captured by an MQ-9A Reaper drone, shows the aftermath of a recent precision strike on a munitions storage warehouse.

The MQ-9 Reaper is one of the U.S. military’s primary strike and surveillance drones used for intelligence gathering and precision targeting during combat operations.


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🇮🇱 OPERATIONAL UPDATE: The IDF says it has carried out about 7,600 strikes across Iran, including more than 2,000 targeting Iranian regime headquarters and assets and roughly 4,700 aimed at the missile program. The Israeli Air Force has flown over 4,700 sorties so far during Operation Roaring Lion, including more than 380 missions in Iranian airspace.

In Lebanon, the IDF says it has conducted over 1,100 strikes targeting Hezbollah, including Radwan Force sites, missile launchers, command-and-control centers, and buildings used for terror activity. The military says more than 380 Hezbollah terrorists have been eliminated.


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🇮🇱 A senior Israeli Air Force official told Israel’s Channel 12 about the results achieved in the military operation against Iran:

📌 “The number of killed and wounded among Iran’s security forces exceeds 10,000.”

📌 “The Americans did not believe that our operation to eliminate Iran’s leadership would succeed.”

📌 “Together with the Americans, we destroyed between 160 and 190 Iranian missile launchers, disabled another 200, and about 150 remain operational. Iranian missile crews are afraid to come out; there are cases of desertion and refusal to follow orders. Every day we destroy several launchers.”
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