"We're going to hit them hard," a Fox News reporter quoted Trump as telling the channel. "There will be a response."

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A senior Iranian source, speaking to Reuters, described the overnight hostilities between the United States and Iran, the first since late July, as a "limited and contained confrontation" but added that Tehran would deliver a harsh response if attacked again.


Trump also said U.S. air defences had shot down all Iranian missiles that could have caused ​any damage and said that tough new U.S. economic sanctions on Iran were having a big impact, Fox News reported.