U.S. official confirms new strikes - and "restrikes" - on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island

A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that American forces had conducted new strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, a vital location for Iran's oil exports. 

The official said that, as with similar attacks launched in mid-March, oil infrastructure was not targeted in the overnight attacks. 

Some of the strikes hit targets that were hit during those previous attacks in March, according to the official. 

President Trump said at the time that those initial strikes on March 13 had "totally obliterated" every military target on Kharg Island, which, just 20 miles off Iran's northern Gulf coast, has long been the hub through which about 80% of its crude oil is exported.

President Trump has not ruled out using U.S. ground forces in Iran, and he has suggested the possibility of seizing Kharg as part of an effort to stop the Iranian regime controlling maritime traffic through the trait of Hormuz.

Iranian media reported explosions after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Kharg earlier Tuesday, with witnesses saying the attacks appeared to be as intense if not more intense than those in mid-March.