{"id":68601,"date":"2026-03-10T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/pete-hegseth-warns-of-most-intense-day-of-us-strikes-on-iran-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:39","slug":"pete-hegseth-warns-of-most-intense-day-of-us-strikes-on-iran-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/pete-hegseth-warns-of-most-intense-day-of-us-strikes-on-iran-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth warns of \u2018most intense\u2019 day of US strikes on Iran yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon chief spoke with Gen Dan Caine at a press conference and blamed Iran for civilian casualties <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has warned that Tuesday would be the \u201cmost intense\u201d day of US strikes yet, even as he blamed Iran for civilian casualties by claiming its forces were firing missiles from schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking alongside Gen Dan Caine, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, Hegseth alleged Iran was deliberately firing missiles from schools and hospitals, describing the country\u2019s leadership as \u201cdesperate and scrambling like the terrorist cowards they are\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/10\/hegseth-iran-intense-strikes-civilian-deaths\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon chief spoke with Gen Dan Caine at a press conference and blamed Iran for civilian casualties Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has warned that Tuesday would be the \u201cmost intense\u201d day of US strikes yet, even as he blamed Iran &#8230; <a title=\"Pete Hegseth warns of \u2018most intense\u2019 day of US strikes on Iran yet\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/pete-hegseth-warns-of-most-intense-day-of-us-strikes-on-iran-yet\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pete Hegseth warns of \u2018most intense\u2019 day of US strikes on Iran yet\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}