Report: US plans weeks-long operation to reopen Hormuz

Report: US plans weeks-long operation to reopen Hormuz The United States is reportedly planning a weeks-long operation to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Times of Israel reported, as officials signal a prolonged phase of the conflict. The report comes amid escalating attacks and growing pressure to restore access to the key oil shipping route. Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said the war should continue until Iran’s leadership is weakened to the point it has “no power” left. “Our focus has to be on degrading this regime… so they no longer pose a threat,” he said, adding that change could come through a popular uprising by the Iranian people. “I think that we need boots on the ground, but they’ve got to be Iranian boots, and I think they’re coming,” he said, comparing the situation to the collapse of the Soviet Union and of Romania’s communist government in the late 1980s.

The United States is reportedly planning a weeks-long operation to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Times of Israel reported, as officials signal a prolonged phase of the conflict.

The report comes amid escalating attacks and growing pressure to restore access to the key oil shipping route.

Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said the war should continue until Iran’s leadership is weakened to the point it has “no power” left.

“Our focus has to be on degrading this regime… so they no longer pose a threat,” he said, adding that change could come through a popular uprising by the Iranian people.

“I think that we need boots on the ground, but they’ve got to be Iranian boots, and I think they’re coming,” he said, comparing the situation to the collapse of the Soviet Union and of Romania’s communist government in the late 1980s.