Trump announces massive Kharg Island bombing, claims 'obliterated every MILITARY target' but spared oil 'for reasons of decency'

Trump announced on Truth Social that US Central Command had executed 'one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East' on Iran's Kharg Island, the country's critical oil export hub handling roughly 90% of crude exports. Trump wrote that the strikes 'totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island' but that 'for reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island.' He warned that 'should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision.' CENTCOM confirmed more than 90 military targets were destroyed. The framing of sparing critical civilian infrastructure as an act of 'decency' while conducting a massive bombing campaign drew sharp criticism, as did the implied threat to destroy Iran's economic lifeline.

"For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island" — Posted on Truth Social announcing massive bombing of Kharg Island while implicitly threatening to destroy Iran's oil infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz is disrupted