Axios reports that the US military has carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, according to a single source. The report emerges amid ongoing American operations against Iranian targets in the region and follows confirmed strikes in southern Iran earlier this evening.
Axios reports that the US military has executed strikes in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a single source. The report is not yet independently corroborated and emerges as the latest in a series of escalating exchanges in the waterway.
Our thread has tracked this escalation chronologically. At 23:15 Jerusalem, bombs were reported at Iran's Sirik Island and a senior US official confirmed to journalist Barak Ravid that the US military is striking Iranian targets in the area. Minutes later, the same timestamp saw a US military official statement confirming strikes in southern Iran in response to Iran's violation of a ceasefire in the waterway. The Zioneer separately reported explosions at Sirik port at 23:36, and a second US confirmation of southern Iran strikes was published at 23:38. The Axios report appears consistent with the publicly confirmed activity, though its sourcing is a single channel.
As The Zioneer recently reported in background context, Iran's armed forces claimed to have attacked enemy forces near the Strait of Hormuz early Thursday (01:23 Jerusalem), and Iran-linked channels reported exchanges of fire with the US Navy in the waterway on Thursday afternoon. The Iranian blockade of the Strait was reportedly enforced since earlier this month.
The specific targets, scope, and precise timing of the strikes Axios reports remain unverified. No independent confirmation of the report's details has emerged at this time.
3 developments
- ConfirmedUS official confirms ongoing strikes against Iran; new explosions heard in Bandar Abbas and Kish Island
- StrongUS reportedly preparing another wave of strikes, target list includes Iranian power plants
- StrongFox News reports Trump's next targets in Iran will be civilian bridges and power plants
- ConfirmedUS strikes hit petrochemical plant in Iran as Sirik base fire continues
Source and signal
- Internal intake