The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes on Iran on Saturday night, aiming to “swiftly punish” the nation’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for an attack on a Jordanian base that killed two American service members.
until MON 12:00 AM CDT, Lake County, Southern Cook County, Kane County, Kankakee County, Northern Cook County, Eastern Will County, Central Cook County, Grundy County, La Salle County, McHenry County, Northern Will County, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Southern Will County, Kendall County, Porter County, Newton County, Jasper County, Lake CountyBreaking: U.S. Central Command announced on X that the United States began launching a new round of airstrikes against Iran at 6 p.m. ET, marking the eighth consecutive night of strikes.
According to CENTCOM, the strikes are intended to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces following the attack that killed American service members in Jordan. The U.S. launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after an attack in Jordan that killed two service members. U.S. Central Command stated the assault was meant to"swiftly punish" Iran and degrade its ability to threaten commercial traffic.
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes on Iran on Saturday night, aiming to "swiftly punish" the nation’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for an attack on a Jordanian base that killed two American service members. This latest round of airstrikes by the U.S. continues a weeklong onslaught of daily assaults on Iranian targets.
The strikes aim to weaken Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, in addition to being a response to the attack in Jordan, U.S. Central Command explained in a post about the operation.of the two service members who were killed while defending the Jordanian base from ballistic missiles and drones. Four other service members were taken to the hospital following the attack and have since been released.
Their names were not released pending notification of the families. They are the first service members to die in the Iran war since the opening days of the conflict. In all, 16 U.S. service members have died and over 430 have been injured, according to the military. An area near Sirik, along the Strait of Hormuz, was targeted around 1:30 a.m. local time, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency stated, citing local reports.
In the same province, a location near Hajiabad was attacked and explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas, IRNA added. Local media reports also indicated multiple other strikes in the region.
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