Monday, April 6, 2026

Iran strikes Haifa as Trump extends Strait of Hormuz deadline

At least four people are feared trapped under the rubble in the Israeli city of Haifa following a missile strike.

Search efforts are continuing for four Israelis feared trapped under the rubble of an apartment building destroyed by an Iranian missile in Haifa. The Israeli military has opened an investigation into the failure to intercept the projectile.

US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened to shipping. “Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” the president wrote on Truth Social on Sunday, after extending the deadline to Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Wednesday, 12:00 a.m. GMT).

Iran’s mission to the UN responded by arguing that Trump’s remarks signal a readiness to commit “war crimes.”

Iran closed the strategically important chokepoint to “enemy ships” shortly after the US and Israel initiated their air campaign on February 28. Tehran later said that the waterway would remain closed to the US and Israel “in the long term.” Around 20–25% of the world’s oil and 20% of liquefied natural gas (LNG) pass through the narrow waterway.

Meanwhile, Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari sought to downplay the success of the US commando raid that resulted in the rescue of a missing crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over southwestern Iran on Friday. Zolfaghari claimed Iranian forces had downed two C-130 transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters, while US media reported that American troops destroyed their own aircraft after failing to take off from a makeshift airstrip.



In Lebanon, where the Israeli military has been conducting a ground offensive and massive airstrikes against Hezbollah militants, “it’s been a very bloody Easter Sunday,” RT correspondent Steve Sweeney reported. Several people were killed in an attack on a densely populated residential neighbourhood in Beirut, with more Israeli airstrikes reported in other parts of Lebanon.

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  1. Don’t they mean commit more war crimes…? Killing 165 little girls should be an automatic trip to jail for life for all concerned.

  2. I’ll believe it when I see the pilot. As for you Stump, time to make a proper lasting peace the world needs.

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