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CAIRO (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran<\/span> as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n

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Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was struck in the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israel heavily struck the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to disarm.<\/p>\n

Here are the most important developments in the Middle East today:<\/p>\n

US threatens new strikes in the conflict with Iran<\/h2>\n

Speaking to reporters Friday during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, Trump said \u201cwe just want to win\u201d in Iran and signaled that he expected U.S. military action to continue for some time.<\/p>\n

He said the U.S. will hit Iran \u201cvery hard\u201d until they can\u2019t take it anymore. <\/p>\n

Later that day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed the U.S. administration\u2019s frustration anew, charging that Tehran last month signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on a truce but then quickly \u201cbroke it, shot at commercial ships, and killed American soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump is not going to stand by and allow this terrorist behavior to occur,\u201d Leavitt said in a statement on Friday evening. \u201cIran will continue to pay until they come to the table in, what President Trump deems, a meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New attacks on Kuwait and on shipping<\/h2>\n

Kuwait\u2019s military said Saturday that its forces were responding to drone attacks, which were part of Iran\u2019s assaults on the country. <\/p>\n

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, spokesman for Kuwait\u2019s Defense Ministry, said the drones hit \u201ca number of vital facilities,\u201d including a government structure in the country\u2019s north. He said there were no casualties.<\/p>\n

The British Navy said Saturday that a tanker was struck and a separate explosion hit close to a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. No casualties were reported in either incident, it said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said an unknown projectile hit the vessel on Friday 11 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman. The attack damaged the vessel\u2019s engine room.<\/p>\n

The group said that on Saturday a large splash and an explosion were reported close to another tanker while it was sailing 21 nautical miles northwest of Khasab city. <\/p>\n

Iran has repeatedly attacked vessels attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz without its authorization as part of its ongoing conflict with the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas says it will disarm <\/h2>\n

Intense Israeli strikes Friday night and Saturday killed at least four people in central and northern Gaza and wounded dozens more, according to local health officials. <\/p>\n

The strikes came after Hamas confirmed Friday that it will disarm<\/span> in a potential breakthrough for ending the war in Gaza, though major obstacles remain. Israel has not officially commented on the Hamas deal, which is part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire<\/span> announced last October. <\/p>\n

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That agreement called for Hamas to disarm and hand over power to an independent Palestinian administration. Israel was to withdraw and an International Stabilization Force<\/span> was to be deployed.<\/p>\n

In a post on X Friday, Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir called the deal \u201cunacceptable\u201d and said the killings in Gaza must continue. \u201cIsrael must win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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