Hormuz Showdown Begins: US Warplanes, Apaches Launch Sea Lane Offensive As Trump Eyes Kharg Takeover, Marines En Route

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : " One war observer who has regional contacts wrote on X the following account: "Israel has been pummeled all night.
42% : There were at least half a dozen missile salvos on Israel since late last night.
40% : Times of Israel confirmed, though without much in the way of details that sirens have been constant around central and northern Israel.
39% : However, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that the Islamic republic has continued to produce missiles despite the war with Israel and the United States.
37% : Here's what Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted to X on Thursday: "Our response to Israel's attack on our infrastructure employed FRACTION of our power.
36% : "There are no immediate reports of injuries after Iran launched a ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead at central Israel.
35% : Israel confirmed major Thursday Iranian strikes hit its Haifa refining complex, damaging critical infrastructure, and leaving many in the area without power.
25% : Iran's strategy appears to be to survive while imposing severe high costs: There has remained heavy censorship in Israel amid the war, but various overnight reports suggested another past 12 hours of heavy Iranian missile bombardment of Israel.

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