We will ‘DESTROY’ Iran’s oil fleet: CENTCOM commander WARNS regime after strikes - #NewVM #NewNewsupdates

The U.S. military strikes three Iranian oil tankers in a new round of retaliation. I'm John Scott and this is a brand new hour of the Fox Report. The strikes come after CENTCOM says Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles at two American warships. Both ships evaded the attacks. CENTCOM says no American personnel were hurt. We have Fox team coverage now. Alex Hogan standing by at the White House. But we begin with Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst, who's reporting live in the Gulf region. Trey. Yeah, John, good afternoon. We are tracking these latest developments as the U.S. military says they targeted three Iranian oil tankers after U.S. warships came under direct attack from the IRGC. This all started on Friday night when, according to CENTCOM, multiple waves of missiles were fired by Iran at a U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided missile destroyer. That drew that U.S. response, targeting these Iranian oil tankers. And it raises real questions now about this new battle for the Strait of Hormuz. We do know that CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper released a statement saying, let the message to the IRGC be clear. If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost, taking out three of yours. Cooper goes on to say, we will not hesitate to defend American forces and, if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet. All of this taking place as the ongoing U.S. naval blockade is affecting the Iranian economy. That, coupled with the ongoing sanctions, are targeting regime officials in Tehran. The Trump administration hoping that this changes Iranian behavior and eventually changes the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. But again, the latest information that we have here from the region in the Gulf indicates that the United States has targeted three Iranian oil tankers in response to missile attacks on U.S. warships. John? Two of those tankers, the video makes pretty clear, Trey, were disabled. The engine room was the site of the strikes. The third one was a much bigger attack. It's my understanding that that tanker was empty, wasn't carrying oil, and that's why the U.S. decided to go after it more vigorously? Yeah. And in local media reports in Iran, there are indications that the United States actually communicated with these vessels beforehand to ensure that sailors on board were not killed. Iranian state media released a clip of the U.S. Navy communicating directly with one of the vessels telling the control room to evacuate the backside of the ship to ensure that people were not killed in these strikes. And so it's an indication that the U.S. military wants to send a very clear message of force to the Iranians, but they're not looking to kill civilians in the process. As this moves forward, though, there are questions about how the Iranians will respond. Gulf countries across the region have indicated they are concerned about this given the fact that many of them have come under direct Iranian attack this year. And we saw just last week the Iranians launching new missiles at U.S. forces in Jordan and the United States conducting a series of strikes against this coastal area of southwestern Iran, again, to try to reduce the number of threats to commercial vessels in this critical waterway. The Strait of Hormuz remains an area of focus. And despite the fact that the United States is escorting millions of barrels of crude oil out of the Gulf each day, you still have the IRGC launching attacks in this area, and they have now expanded those attacks, not just targeting commercial vessels, but also the U.S. military. All right, Trey Yankst reporting live from the Gulf region. Thank you, Trey. Be sure to like and subscribe for all the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch full shows streaming now on Fox One.