Trump: I’ll use force never seen before if Iran strikes US, Israel

United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran not to strike back at the US and Israel.

Trump said U.S. will hit Iran “with a force that has never been seen before” if the Middle East nation retaliates.

Writing on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning, Trump said: “Iran just stated that they are going to hit very hard today, harder than they have ever hit before. THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!”

Trump’s statement comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it would attack US bases and Israel in retaliation for Khamenei’s death.

“The most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces will begin toward the occupied territories and American terrorist bases in just moments,” it said.

The U.S. said it has used an array of weaponry in its aerial strikes against Iranian targets, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and for the first time in combat, low-cost one-way attack drones modeled after Iranian designs.

The Iran crisis has unleashed one of the most severe disruptions to global aviation in years.

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Major Middle Eastern airports – including Dubai, the world’s busiest international travel hub – were shut after the strikes on Iran and its retaliation.

Dubai’s international airport, which handles more than 1,000 flights a day, sustained damage during an Iranian retaliatory attack on sites across the Arab Gulf states, and airports in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait were also hit.

Major regional gateways including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were closed as countries across the Middle East shut their airspace. Flight maps showed skies over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel and Bahrain virtually empty, while airlines across Europe and the Middle East announced sweeping cancellations.

Dubai and neighbouring Doha sit at the crossroads of east‑west air travel, funnelling long‑haul traffic between Europe and Asia. Any prolonged shutdown of the airports would ripple far beyond the region, forcing airlines worldwide to reroute or cancel services.

The Star