{"id":572085,"date":"2026-05-08T01:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572085\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:07:10","slug":"us-says-it-has-targeted-iranian-military-facilities-after-responding-to-attacks-on-navy-ships-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572085\/","title":{"rendered":"US says it has targeted Iranian military facilities after responding to attacks on navy ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Great damage&#8217; was done to Iranian attackers, Trump sayspublished at 00:04 BST 8 May<\/p>\n<p>00:04 BST 8 May<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman adjusts her headdress as she walks near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading &quot;Forever in Iran's Hand&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9bc5f029-db10-4228-8726-007d2a6b1f4b.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A billboard depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading &#8220;Forever in Iran&#8217;s Hand&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We have now heard directly from the president, who says three US naval destroyers came under attack in Iran, but were not damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a post on Truth Social, Trump says that &#8220;great damage&#8221; was done to the Iranian attackers and that numerous small boats were completely destroyed..<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently. Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down. Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air,&#8221; he writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They dropped ever so beautifully down to the Ocean, very much like a butterfly dropping to its grave! A normal Country would have allowed these Destroyers to pass, but Iran is not a normal Country. They are led by LUNATICS,&#8221; he adds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump reiterates his stance on Iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities, saying that if Tehran had a chance to use a nuclear weapon &#8220;they would do it, without question&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;[T]hey\u2019ll never have that opportunity and, just like we knocked them out again today, we\u2019ll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don\u2019t get their Deal signed, FAST!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also mentions that the US blockade on Iran is still in effect, saying that the three naval destroyers that came under attack will rejoin this &#8220;Wall of Steel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Tuesday, the US paused an operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, citing \u201cgreat progress\u201d that Trump said had been made toward a deal with Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">No details about the proposed deal have been shared, but on Wednesday, Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said the latest US proposal was being considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Great damage&#8217; was done to Iranian attackers, Trump sayspublished at 00:04 BST 8 May 00:04 BST 8 May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-572085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}