US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has said attacks on Iran will increase significantly on Tuesday with the heaviest strikes since Washington started the war 10 days ago. “Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran,” Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, the top US general has said that while Iranian forces were fighting, they were not as formidable as the United States had thought, according to Reuters. “I think they’re fighting, and I respect that, but I don’t think they’re more formidable than what we thought,” General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters.