{"id":428,"date":"2026-03-20T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/?p=428"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:56:39","slug":"white-house-trump-has-no-plans-to-send-troops-to-iran-amid-kharg-island-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftidf.co.il\/news\/white-house-trump-has-no-plans-to-send-troops-to-iran-amid-kharg-island-blockade\/428\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: Trump has no plans to send troops to Iran amid Kharg Island blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The White House said there are no plans to send U.S. troops into Iran, even as reports of new deployments and a blockade around Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf drew attention to rising regional tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said U.S. forces could strike Kharg Island at any time, but the strategy behind such actions remains classified and is not being disclosed publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House: Trump has \u201cno plans\u201d to send troops into Iran, despite new deployments and Kharg Island blockade reports. 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