ET against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief's direction."The strikes are in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression."US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the United States will hit Iran hard and bomb "key facilities"."Those strikes that'll happen tonight will be strong, they will be clear," Hegseth told reporters at US Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, just earlier."If they happen to happen tomorrow night, they will be strong and they will be clear."Hegseth also said: "hopefully Iran makes a good decision If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs."We're starting to see some reports out of Iran about potential strikes.Iran's Mehr news agency has reported explosions have been heard in Sirik and Minab.It's also reporting air defence activity has been heard in west Tehran and Fars.We'll bring you more information as soon as we have it."I wake up in the morning and get a readout that says the Strait of Hormuz has opened," the PM told the ABC's Raf Epstein yesterday, "then a couple of hours later it's closed, then it's open, then it's closed".Donald Trump has made dozens of declarations about a peace deal being just around the corner