{"id":41288,"date":"2026-08-01T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41288"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:22:47","slug":"trump-orders-fresh-attack-on-iran-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/trump-orders-fresh-attack-on-iran-media-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders fresh attack on Iran: Media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The <i>Wall Street Journal <\/i>has been the first to report that the United States (US) President Donald Trump has ordered a fresh attack on Iran to get it to surrender.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The news agency cited officials with knowledge of the decision as saying that the attacks could begin as soon as this weekend and last for a few days.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trump had earlier reported that he planned to resume heavy military strikes to force the Iranian government to return to the negotiating table.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trump suggested that were the US to hit Iran \u201cvery hard,\u201d that at some point they would be forced to capitulate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those remarks were made during a cabinet meeting at the presidential retreat Camp David, Trump expressing a belief that were Iran hit hard, their ability to militarily respond would \u201cpeter out\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Iran has consistently stood its ground against a mightier military power, refusing to concede control over the key Strait of Hormuz waterway despite international calls for freedom of navigation, including from the United Nations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Its Revolutionary Guard Corps has consistently vowed reciprocal attacks targeting US interests in the region with broader downside economic implications globally.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15766,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41288","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Trump suggested that were the US to hit Iran \u201cvery hard,\u201d that at some point they would be forced to capitulate.","published_date":"","news_description":"Trump suggested that were the US to hit Iran \u201cvery hard,\u201d that at some point they would be forced to capitulate.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41289,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41288\/revisions\/41289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}