'Axios': Trump considered limited strikes near the Strait of Hormuz to prevent Iran from threatening navigation

Axios reported that U.S. President Donald Trump reviewed a plan to carry out limited military strikes in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to prevent Iran from threatening navigation in the vital waterway.

The website, citing informed sources, stated that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth endorsed the plan, which focuses on Iran’s capabilities used to threaten ships and navigation near the strait.

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Axios noted that the move comes amid an American escalation against Iranian capabilities in the region, following the targeting of two launch platforms belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Larak Island, which Washington said posed an imminent threat to navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.