By Bo Erickson, Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to order strikes on the petroleum infrastructure of Iran's Kharg Island oil hub unless Tehran stopped attacking vessels in the vital Strait of Hormuz,

President Donald Trump said the U.S. bombed military sites Friday on an island vital to Iran's oil network, while an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being

The strikes on Kharg Island hit military sites, including those storing missiles and mines, a U.S. military official said, adding that economic infrastructure was not targeted. Oil prices have risen by more than 40 percent since the start of the war.

The United States is sending a 2,500-strong Marine expeditionary force to the Middle East, a U.S. official said, as President Donald Trump declared he would end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran "when I feel it in my bones.

Iran has aimed to keep the much more powerful US military and its allies off balance through proxies in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Hezbollah in Lebanon, for example, has fired missiles and drones into northern Israel since March 2 as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.