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🎧 The U.S. and Israel could soon reach a point when there are a limited number of viable targets for their bombing campaign in Iran, NPR’s Greg Myre tells Up First. Oil prices spiked today to $100 a barrel. Iran might keep the Strait of Hormuz closed to inflict as much economic pain as possible and deter future U.S. and Israeli attacks on them again, Myre says. 

🎧 Yesterday, the International Energy Agency announced that member nations would release 400 million barrels from their strategic oil reserves. It's the largest crude oil release the IEA has ever coordinated. Of those, 172 million will be coming from the U.S. over four months beginning next week. Former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore tells NPR's Tamara Keith the president is betting that the conflict with Iran will be short, gas prices will soon drop and voters will forgive or forget. But rising fuel costs could make other essentials more expensive for consumers, Keith says. This could become a political challenge for Republicans in the midterm elections, where affordability is a top issue. 

🎧 If a U.S. role is confirmed, this attack would mark one of the highest civilian death tolls by the U.S. in a single incident in 35 years, NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf says. Iran has released images of missile parts it says struck the school. The parts appear to belong to a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile. Only a few countries use Tomahawks, including the U.S. Recently, Trump suggested the missiles were “generic” and could have been fired by Iran. But experts told NPR that the U.S. is the only actor in this conflict that uses Tomahawks.