"Tonight, the U.S. carried out strikes that you mentioned on Iran's Kesham Port and Bandar Abbas. But a senior U.S. official is telling Fox that the war is not restarting. The ceasefire is still in place. And CENTCOM says that U.S. forces intercepted Iranian attacks and carried out self-defense strikes after Iranian forces launched drones, missiles, and small boats at multiple U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers that were moving through the Strait of Hormuz. They say no U.S. assets were hit, and CENTCOM called Iran's attacks unprovoked."
"But it comes as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait just reopened their airspace to the U.S. military after briefly closing it, worried that President Trump's plan to escort ships through the strait would put them in danger. So what happens next with that operation, Project Freedom, is still unclear. ABC News's Rachel Scott spoke to President Donald Trump in the early evening on Thursday, who called the U.S. bombing of Iran a love tap."
"President Trump tells me in a phone call the retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets are just a love tap. It's just a love tap. When I asked if the it means to ceasefire is over. No, no, the ceasefire is going. It's in effect."
The U.S. carried out strikes on Iran’s Kesham Port and Bandar Abbas while a fragile ceasefire remained in place. A senior U.S. official said the war was not restarting. CENTCOM reported that U.S. forces intercepted Iranian drones, missiles, and small boats aimed at multiple U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and then conducted self-defense strikes. CENTCOM said no U.S. assets were hit and described the Iranian attacks as unprovoked. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reopened their airspace to U.S. military operations after briefly closing it due to concerns about President Trump’s plan to escort ships through the strait. The next steps for the operation, Project Freedom, remained unclear. President Trump characterized the retaliatory strikes as a “love tap” and said the ceasefire was still in effect.
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