AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - U.S. conducts massive bombing of strategic Iran Island, Trump says
President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a massive strike on Kharg Island in Iran - the center of the country's oil exports. Why it matters: The strategic Island hosts Iran key oil export facilities. 80-90 percent of Iranian oil is exported from the Island. - The White House has been considering a ground operation to take over the island as one of many options presented by the Pentagon ahead of the war with Iran. - The strike was a "shot across the bow" by Trump to signal to the Iranians they should stop closing the Strait of Hormuz which has dramatically disrupted the global oil market. - Trump made clear in a post on Truth Social that the oil facilities on the island were not targeted this time, but warned they will be if…
