President Trump on Wednesday told a reporter aboard Air Force One that she would also be killed if Iran struck the jet, as tensions rise once again between the U.S. and Tehran.

The US military says it launched another round of strikes against Iran to "further degrade" its capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

"Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!" the president wrote on his social media platform.

The United States began a 10th day of strikes against Iran on Monday, and multiple Arab Gulf countries reported attacks from Iranian missiles and drones.

The United States military said late Monday it was carrying out its 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran in a push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The US Central Command said military command centers, launch sites and air defenses in Iran were targeted, and Iran attacked US military sites in Kuwait and Jordan.

Donald Trump tried to answer a reporter’s questions about his disastrous war with Iran before bailing for the exit midway through his response. The president, 80, had just disembarked Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after attending Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey when a journalist in the press gaggle pointed out his “four or five-week” conflict in the Middle East has now dragged on for “nearly five months.

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran "will pay" for the killing of American troops.