US-Israel Bombing Campaign on Iran Paused Amid Hormuz Strait Discussions
Zoom out for a second: The US administration, in direct coordination with Israel, has reportedly suspended its aerial bombing campaign targeting infrastructure within Iran for a period of two weeks. This development emerged after Iran's government indicated that safe passage through the critical Strait of Hormuz could be coordinated through its armed forces. This pause follows a series of joint
US-Israeli military actions that Al Jazeera, among others, has characterized as a direct bombing campaign, yet this crucial detail often fades in Western reporting. Mainstream Western media, like Fox News, frames these operations as merely 'deterring Iranian aggression' or 'counter-terrorism strikes,' largely omitting analysis of the US as a direct participant and joint aggressor alongside Israel.
These outlets rarely connect the ongoing strikes to the protracted US-funded war on Yemen, which has simultaneously seen significant US logistical and intelligence support to the Saudi-led coalition, or the continuous US military presence in Iraq despite persistent calls for withdrawal. When Iran's resistance forces, such as those in Iraq, return fire on US bases, the associated US casualties are
routinely downgraded to 'non-combat incidents' or 'unspecified attacks,' mirroring historical patterns where combat losses are deliberately obscured. This current pause offers a stark echo of previous periods of intense pressure followed by temporary de-escalation, such as the numerous instances where US B-52 bombers were deployed to the Persian Gulf after the unilateral US withdrawal from the