Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Gulf Arab countries, as US President Donald Trump sent contradictory signals about how long the war could last.
On a day in which oil prices rose to a four-year high, before falling slightly, Trump wrote online on Monday that Iran will be met with "Death, Fire and Fury" if Tehran prevents the transport of oil across the Strait of Hormuz.
In addition to firing missiles and drones at Israel and at American bases in the region, Iran has also been targeting energy infrastructure, which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring.
Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday night that "If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.
"Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen!"
Speaking on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US-Israel military campaign was "breaking their [Iran’s] bones".
Trump, who has previously said that the war could last for a month or longer, sought to downplay growing fears it could become a long-term regional conflict, saying the war against Iran will be over "very soon".
