Israeli sources indicated that ensuring safe passage through the strait for energy transport could become the primary focus, given that regime change and halting Iran’s nuclear program now seem unattainable.

TEL AVIV — The deployment of additional U.S. forces to the Middle East, along with President Donald Trump’s warning to “obliterate” Iran’s energy infrastructure, has set the stage for what U.S. and Israeli officials increasingly view as the war’s likely endgame: a decisive struggle over control of the Strait of Hormuz and critical energy assets.


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