Wall Street Journal: America Targets Kashem Island The Wall Street Journal, citing American officials, reported that the United States targeted Kashem Island in the latest attack in its series of limited and covert attacks on Iran. This attack occurred while US President Donald Trump was talking about the possibility of a deal with Tehran. However, U.S. officials said limited U.S. strikes on Iran have been ongoing for several weeks. Some of these sources described the attacks as defensive and said the goal was to prevent Iran from freely attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.