United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a stern warning on social media, saying there would be lethal consequences for anyone targeting American civilians.“If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on Earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation and we will kill you,” said the message shared by Centcom on X.“Along with the message, a 21-second video clip was released showing what the military said was its current reach. The footage included “declassified” videos of vehicles and structures bombed and destroyed by US forces during recent operations.The warning comes amid rising tensions following the joint US-Israeli military strike on Iranian territory on February 28. The attack resulted in the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other senior figures, prompting a sharp reaction from Tehran.In response, Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones targeting US assets and allies across the region, including Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, escalating the conflict in West Asia.Read this also ‘Destroyed their entire evil empire’: Is US responsible for Iran school bombing that killed 160? what did trump sayUS President Donald Trump also claimed that the United States had successfully neutralized the entire Iranian leadership, and described the military action as removing a major “cancer” from the global stage.“We’re winning a lot of wars. We’ve destroyed their entire evil empire. I’m sure that’s going to continue for quite some time… The war is going incredibly well. It’s as good as it can be,” Trump said in remarks aboard Air Force One en route to Miami. He said, “We have wiped out their (Iranian) navy, 44 ships. We have wiped out their air force, every aircraft. We have wiped out most of their missiles. You see the missiles are not coming much anymore. We have also attacked their manufacturing areas where they make missiles. Their drone capability has been significantly reduced and we have hurt them where they are hurt, including every form of your leadership.” which we have destroyed.”Meanwhile, humanitarian losses continue to rise in the more than a week-long conflict in Iran. According to Al Jazeera, official figures from the CIT show that “more than 1,300 people have been killed” since the violence began.