'Full strength and might': Donald Trump warns Iran against attacking US

President Donald Trumpwarned Iran not to strike any U.S. targets as its conflict with Israel escalates, saying the "full strength and might" of America's military could be used against the Middle Eastern nation.

"If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he wrote in a Truth Social post at 12:32 a.m. on June 15. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict."

Trump’s warning comes as Israel and Iran launched attacks at each other overnight, killing scores of people. Israeli rescue teams combed through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed in strikes to look for survivors after at least 10 people, including children, were killed.

Iran has said at least 138 people have been killed in Israel's onslaught since it began June 13, including 60 on June 14.

In all, at least 13 people in Israel have been killed and more than 350 others injured since Iran launched its retaliatory attacks.

Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and previously warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear program that the United States has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on June 15.

Although Iran insists its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes only, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, recently concluded that Iran was very close to reaching the 90% uranium enrichment level required to build a nuclear weapon.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Israel's attacks had been aimed at sabotaging those talks, which were due to resume in Oman before being canceled. He said the offensive had the support of the United States and that Iran was acting only in self-defense.

Israel, which has not signed the global nuclear nonproliferation treaty and is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, says it aims to stop Iran from developing atomic weapons and to eliminate its ballistic missile capability.

With Israel saying its operation could last weeks, and urging Iranians to rise up against their Islamist clerical rulers, fears have grown of a regional war dragging in outside powers.

One additional element: Trump also said last month that the United States will end airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen effective immediately.

"We will stop the bombings," Trump announced from the Oval Office, ordering Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pass on the message to the Iran-backed militant group.