Oil prices rise nearly 1% as the United States launches additional strikes against targets in Iran, a move that market participants say tightens supply. Reporting from The Hindu links the strikes to a sequence of events in which U.S. President Donald Trump pledges to respond after a U.S. Apache attack helicopter is downed overnight. The article says the new strikes occur after Trump’s vow, framing them as part of the U.S. response. Channel NewsAsia carries the same overall development and describes the market reaction, indicating that traders factor in the risk of disruption to Middle East crude flows. Across the coverage, the main driver for the price increase is the perceived escalation and the potential for tighter physical supply. The reports do not provide a detailed breakdown of the targets or the immediate impact on output, but they consistently connect the rise in oil prices to the U.S.-Iran strike developments and associated supply concerns.