U.S. Central Command announced that its forces completed a wave of strikes in Iran, targeting radar, air defense systems, and drone storage facilities, in response to an earlier missile attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Central Command officially announced overnight that its forces had completed a wave of precision strikes in Iran, targeting radar, air defense systems, and drone storage facilities. The announcement, made late Saturday local time, frames the strikes as a completed wave, following CENTCOM's earlier acknowledgment of precision strikes against Iranian military infrastructure earlier that day. The operation is a direct response to an Iranian missile attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning.
The Zioneer has tracked this story since its initial report on Saturday, June 27, at 07:33 Jerusalem, when CENTCOM confirmed striking Iranian missile, drone storage, and radar sites near Sirik Island in retaliation for the June 25 attack on the Singapore-flagged tanker M/V Ever Lovely. Over the course of the same day, at 07:33 Jerusalem, CENTCOM released footage of a precision strike on the IRGC Navy's Shahid Raahbar Naval Base, and then confirmed additional strikes targeting surveillance, communications, air defenses, drone storage, and minelayer capabilities. The latest announcement, at 00:50 Jerusalem on Sunday, June 28, signals the conclusion of that wave.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, June 14, CENTCOM intercepted Iranian suicide drones targeting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — an escalation that preceded the tanker attack. The broader U.S. military campaign against Iranian assets in the region has been ongoing since early June, following Iran's escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, including strikes on Iranian naval bases and missile batteries in Hormozgan Province on June 10.
It remains unclear how many targets were struck in the latest wave or whether any further strikes are planned. The Pentagon has not specified the exact number of targets hit, and no independent assessment of damage has been provided.
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