President Donald Trump made it clear that oil prices were one of his top concerns as the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran enters into an 11th day.

The president threatened Iran on Monday after it was reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had reportedly begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

‘We are using the same Technology and Missile capabilities deployed against Drug Traffickers to permanently eliminate any boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait.’

“If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY! If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before,” he wrote on Truth Social.

It is estimated that about 20% of the world’s oil moves through the strait, and any interruption leads to a spike in oil prices. Those prices skyrocketed over the weekend but have since dropped somewhat.

“If, on the other hand, they remove what may have been placed, it will be a giant step in the right direction! Additionally, we are using the same Technology and Missile capabilities deployed against Drug Traffickers to permanently eliminate any boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait,” he continued.

“They will be dealt with quickly and violently. BEWARE!” the president added.

Very soon after, he followed up with another post applauding the military for destroying “10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would include the “most intense day of strikes” in the war.

“We’re crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force,” Hegseth said at a media briefing. “We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.”

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State Sec. Marco Rubio had warned Iran before the strikes that the entire world would turn against the country if it mined the Strait of Hormuz.

“If they mine the Straits of Hormuz, the Chinese are going to pay a huge price,” Rubio said in June. “And every other country in the world is going to pay a huge price. We will too. It will have some impact on us. It will have a lot more impact on the rest of the world, a lot more impact on the rest of the world.”

He added: “That would be a suicidal move on their part because I think the whole world would come against them if they did that.”

Oil prices are up about 40% over the last month, which includes the beginning of the strikes on Iran.

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An 11-year-old boy shot to death his mother’s boyfriend after the couple’s argument last week allegedly became physical.

The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Thursday inside a home in the 1100 block of South Peach Street in Philadelphia, WCAU-TV reported.

‘It’s disturbing and sad.’

Police told the station a 30-year-old man — identified as Jaimeer Jones-Walker of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania — was arguing with his girlfriend inside the bedroom of her home.

Police said Jones-Walker didn’t live at the home and double-parked on the street before entering his girlfriend’s house, WCAU noted.

The woman told police that Jones-Walker attacked her during their argument, the station said.

“It was verbal and possibly turned into a physical altercation,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told WCAU.

With that, the woman’s 11-year-old son grabbed a handgun and fired one shot, which hit Jones-Walker in the face, investigators told the station.

Police and paramedics arrived at the scene and found Jones-Walker unresponsive inside the second-floor bedroom, WCAU reported.

Jones-Walker was pronounced dead at 11:59 p.m., the station said.

RELATED: Boy, 11, bashes intruder in head with machete while home alone: ‘You’re better off to get a job than breaking into other people’s houses’

Police said the woman and her son remained at the scene and were cooperating with the investigation, WCAU reported.

Officials said the gun fired amid the incident is legally registered to the woman, the station said.

Shyreea Blocker, a neighborhood resident, told WCAU she heard the argument that preceded the fatal shooting. She also told the station that the couple often argued.

“Like, arguing and fighting, but that’s nothing new with them,” Blocker explained to the station. “It’s a shame. It shouldn’t be like that.”

Another neighborhood resident, Gilbert Blocker, added to WCAU that he was concerned over how the shooting might impact the boy.

“The things he’s going to suffer in his heart if he has any feelings [are] going to last him not just now but for the rest of his life,” Gilbert Blocker noted to the station.

Sources told WCAU the boy is staying with another family member.

“It’s disturbing and sad. And I feel apprehension about what is going to happen with this child, what is going to happen with his mother,” Philadelphia’s Office of Domestic Violence Strategies Director Azucena Ugarte noted to the station. “Experiencing violence in the home has long-term effects, but we know that children are resilient.”

No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, WCAU said, and no charges have been filed.

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The Los Angeles Police Dept. was able to capture a woman they believe fired seven gunshots into the home of pop star Rihanna while 10 people were inside.

Police were called to Rihanna’s home in the Beverly Crest neighborhood on Sunday at about 1:15 p.m. on a report of gunshots being fired.

‘Are you there? … Say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you talking to me where I’m not at.’

Chief Jim McDonnell said Tuesday that 35-year-old Ivanna Ortiz was arrested and booked for attempted murder. Ortiz was initially held on a bail of $10.225 million, but it was later reduced to $1.875 million.

LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Ortiz was charged with one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and three counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper.

McDonnell did not indicate whether the singer, her rapper partner ASAP Rocky, or their three children were present at the home during the shooting.

He said a witness gave a description of the car that the woman fired from. Automated license plate readers and an LAPD helicopter helped police trace the car 8 miles away to the Sherman Oaks Galleria shopping center.

The woman was taken into custody without incident.

The LAPD said officers were able to recover the weapon as well as seven casings from an “assault rifle.”

They also found bizarre posts on social media allegedly from the woman accusing Rihanna of wanting to kill her.

“Are you there? … Say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you talking to me where I’m not at,” one post reads. Another one said she was doing “her little music thing so she can do witchcraft.”

RELATED: Rihanna to headline Super Bowl halftime show after she refused to ‘sell out’ to the NFL in 2019 over Kaepernick post

No one was harmed in the gunshot attack.

McDonnell said the bail was set at a very high level because there had been 10 people inside the home during the shooting, and they were all considered victims.

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