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Pentagon leaders say intense bombardment of Iran continues.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the Trump administration is giving mixed signals about how soon the campaign might end.
At a news conference,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Cain said targeting of Iran's defense industrial base continues.
Cain said that 50 Iranian ships have been destroyed in an effort to protect navigation through the Strait of Hormuz,
a key transit point for worldwide oil exports.
In the past day,
President Trump has said both that the war is mostly complete and also that it could go on for some time.
U.S.
officials have been consistent that there will be no protracted nation-building effort,
like the U.S.
tried for decades in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hekse said Iranian missile and drone capabilities were severely diminished.
But even as he spoke,
air raid sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, sending people running to shelters.
Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Meanwhile, Bahrain says an Iranian attack today hit a residential building in its capital.
One person was killed.
Recent polling by NPR finds most Americans oppose the war in Iran.