U.S. Attacks Island in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Retaliates With Missile Fire

The exchange on Sunday was the first known military action between the two nations in a month, raising the risk of a renewed round of fighting.

The attack marks a major escalation in the conflict, which sparked after the US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites on February 28

Forces with the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps were seen preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait.

U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday in the first military action in a month, prompting an Iranian response and breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.