Trump and Hegseth Bomb Civilians' Water--20,000 Now Face Deadly Thirst in 113 Heat

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Trump and Hegseth Bomb Civilians' Water—20,000 Now Face Deadly Thirst in 113° Heat
Hegseth Defends Attack on Water Tanks as ‘Negotiating With Bombs’—Critics Call It a War Crime
Keifer Allan
Jun 10, 2026

The Trump administration bombed two drinking water reservoirs in southern Iran before dawn Wednesday, cutting off access to clean water for 20,000 civilians as temperatures soar past 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Iranian officials and international news reports.

The reservoirs—a 500‑cubic‑meter tank and a 2,000‑cubic‑meter tank—served the town of Kuhestak and ten surrounding villages in Hormozgan province. Both were completely destroyed in what Iran’s Foreign Ministry called “a calculated war crime”.

“This is not collateral damage,” said Esmaeil Baghaei, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman. “It is a flagrant violation of human rights and international humanitarian law”.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected that accusation, telling reporters that U.S. forces “will hit them hard on our terms on the targets that improve the environment for us to operate in”. When asked whether targeting civilian water infrastructure amounts to a war crime, Hegseth called the question “disingenuous” and accused the media of “impugning the motives” of American troops. He then added: “If we need to negotiate with bombs, we’ll negotiate with bombs, and we’re very good at it”. Civilians be damned.

In a sign of desperation, Donald Trump announced additional strikes would follow. “We hit them hard yesterday, and we’re going to hit them again hard today,” Trump said. “We’ll see what happens with the deal. We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along. They keep playing us for suckers”.

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Edited to add comment: Graham Platner says the only way to get out of this war is to stop engaging.
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