JUST IN: US forces strike Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz

>> Lawrence: U.S. OFFICIALS. TELLING FOX NEWS THAT AMERICAN. FORCES LAUNCHED DEFENSIVE. STRIKES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. LAST NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO AN. IRANIAN ATTACK ON U.S. AIRCRAFT. BUT THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS. STILL PUSHING FOR DIPLOMACY AND. SAYS HE IS IN NO RUSH TO RESUME. STRIKES ON TEHRAN. JONATHAN HUNT IS LIVE IN TEL. AVIV WITH THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, JONATHAN. >> GOOD MORNING, TO YOU, LAWRENCE. THIS APPEARS TO BE JUST ONE OF.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN REGULAR. TIT-FOR-TAT STRIKES OVER THE. LAST FEW MONTHS. A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING US THAT. THEY HIT AT IRANIAN POSITIONS ON. CAN A SHEM ISLAND AFTER THOSE. POSITIONS WERE USED TO FIRE AT A. U.S. AIRCRAFT THE ISLAND AS OURR. VIEWERS WILL KNOW RIGHT AT THE. HEART OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

THEY SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO. DO SO. THE PRESIDENT ON THE OTHER HAND. SAYS THAT THE U.S. CONTROLS THE. STRAIT THROUGH THE NAVAL. BLOCKADE OIL PRICES AND GAS. PRICE ALSO COME DOWN VERY. QUICKLY ONCE HE WRAPS UP WHAT HE. SAYS HAS BEEN A WAR OF. NECESSITY. HERE'S THE PRESIDENT. >> I HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT. WHEN THEY GO INTO THE VOTING. BOOTH, BECAUSE WE HAD TO STOP. IRAN FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. IF WE ALLOWED IRAN TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON, THIS COUNTRY.

COULD NEVER FUNCTION THE SAME. WAY. THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD BE A. DIFFERENT PLACE. THE PRESIDENT IN OTHER COMMENTS. SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO GIVE. PEACE A CHANCE FOR THE MOMENT, AT LEAST. THERE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN AN. UPTICK IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITY. HERE IN THE REGION. IRAN TALKING TO A LOT OF. INTERMEDIARIES TOO. IRANIAN OFFICIALS ALSO WARNING. OUR FI.