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5 min readLive from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is threatening to bomb one power plant or bridge in Iran for every projectile Iran launches at the Strait of Hormuz. This comes as Iran and the U.S. continue attacks on each other's infrastructure for nearly two weeks straight.
Here's NPR's Emily Fang. Half of daily strikes, and Iran has bombed water desalination plants and a gas plant in the Gulf in retaliation. Under the Geneva Convention, which the US is a signatory of, deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. The renewed hostilities between the US and Iran have slowed ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and vessel tracking data shows some ships making a U-turn in another key channel, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, after a Yemeni militant group, the Houthis, announced a blockade of that waterway this week.
Emily Fang and Peer News. Including many civilians. The United States has now lost at least 18 service members today. President Trump attended the dignified transfer of four service members recently killed in action.
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- 1 (00:04) **Trump Threatens Retaliation Against Iran** - President Trump warns of bombing one power plant or bridge in Iran for every projectile launched at the Strait of Hormuz
- 2 (01:04) **US Military Casualties and Dignified Transfer** - The US has lost at least 18 service members; President Trump attended the dignified transfer of four recently killed in action
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