{"id":11687,"date":"2026-03-20T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/trump-launches-offensive-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-israel-signals-ground-invasion-imminent-as-oil-prices-skyrocket\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:14:23","slug":"trump-launches-offensive-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-israel-signals-ground-invasion-imminent-as-oil-prices-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/trump-launches-offensive-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-israel-signals-ground-invasion-imminent-as-oil-prices-skyrocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump launches offensive to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and Israel signals ground invasion imminent as oil prices skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>President Donald Trump has launched an offensive to reopen the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 as Israel signals a ground invasion is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The US deployed Apache helicopters and low-flying jets to attack Iranian ships near the strategically important waterway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module \">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsign up for <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-main\">Sun<\/span> Newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38577239\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Smoke and fire rising near South Pars gas field &#8211; attacked on Wednesday<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Credit: Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38577253\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated to start ground operations in Iran<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Credit: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38577312\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption\"\/>\n<p>Gen. Dan Kane announced: &#8220;A-10 Warthogs are now deployed to the south shore targeting fast attack craft in the Strait of Hormuz.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It comes as oil prices have skyrocketed due to attacks on gas fields this week in the bitter fight to control the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>And Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that he may put <span id=\"d9189e17-47c9-4b28-bebf-ea889af55832\" class=\"suggested-link\">boots<\/span> Take to the field to crush what remains of the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested that the war might end &#8220;much more quickly than people think&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-wrapper article-readmore__content-wrapper--multi\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">oil out war<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Iran warns of &#8216;total destruction&#8217; of gas and oil plants as Saudis may retaliate<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/newspress-collage-4kv1ebfir-1773939588634.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;1773939699&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">gulf chaos<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">US F-35 stealth jet hits Israeli oil refinery, forces emergency landing<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It is often said that you cannot win, you cannot create a revolution from the air. It is true. You cannot do it from the air alone,&#8221; Netanyahu said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can do a lot of things from the air, and we are, but there has to be a ground component as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing all of those possibilities with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He did not specify what form a ground attack by the IDF or other forces might take.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong><em>It comes like this&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Trump rejected the idea of \u200b\u200ba US military strike on the ground in Iran, telling reporters: &#8220;I&#8217;m not sending troops anywhere \u2013 and if I did, I wouldn&#8217;t tell you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This came as Iran&#8217;s state media confirmed that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini had been killed in a US-Israeli strike. <span id=\"103b9782-bdb3-4fcb-bd7f-ddf26fa21a81\" class=\"suggested-link\">strikes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours before being ousted, he had insisted that Iran could still make missiles despite the Epic Fury bombing.<\/p>\n<p>He said before his death: \u201cThese people hope that the war will continue until the enemy is completely destroyed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38577268\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Flames engulf a building in Beirut after an Israeli airstrike<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Credit: Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38571774\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Fragments of an Iranian missile fall on an oil refinery in Haifa<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Credit: X\/@Nexta_TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38571826\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>One<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Credit: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This war should end when the shadow of war is removed from the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last night an Israeli oil facility was hit by fragments of an Iranian missile.<\/p>\n<p>And for the first time in the conflict, an American F-35 jet was shot down, forcing an emergency landing.<\/p>\n<p>Iran also attacked a huge Qatari gas plant on Wednesday following Israeli attacks on its huge South Pars gas field.<\/p>\n<p>There was at least one attack on the Ras Laffan industrial city in Qatar, and QatarEnergy confirmed it suffered &#8220;extensive damage&#8221; in the Iranian attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has launched an offensive to reopen the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 as Israel signals a ground invasion is imminent. 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