U.S. Central Command announced it hit the exact launch point of the missiles that killed two American soldiers in Jordan on July 17, as part of the eighth consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets. The strikes also targeted IRGC units responsible for the attack.
This morning, U.S. Central Command added further specificity to the ongoing campaign, confirming that it struck the exact launch point of the missiles that killed two American soldiers in Jordan on July 17. The detail came as part of the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iranian military targets. In a statement, CENTCOM said it also hit IRGC units responsible for the attack, along with coastal surveillance systems, air defense facilities, and missile and drone storage sites.
The announcement follows an earlier bulletin at 06:50 Jerusalem, in which CENTCOM disclosed the eighth straight night of strikes and the targeting of IRGC units. That bulletin itself came after a series of strike waves on Iranian infrastructure, which The Zioneer first reported on Fri Jul 17, 23:48 Jerusalem, when CENTCOM said it had completed the latest wave and kept 50,000 troops deployed. Over the following hours, the thread expanded: by 23:48 Jerusalem on the same day, CENTCOM confirmed the operation had lasted more than five hours and explicitly linked it to the Jordan attack. The new detail — that the launch site itself was hit — adds a layer of precision to a campaign that has been described as "the last in the current campaign."
As The Zioneer reported on Tue Jul 14, 11:49 Jerusalem, the broader U.S. campaign has included strikes on coastal defense systems, missile and drone launch sites, and maritime military capabilities across multiple Iranian provinces. Later strikes, reported on Fri Jul 17, 05:39 Jerusalem, hit dozens of military targets, and a seventh consecutive night of operations was completed overnight Jul 17-18, as noted at Sat Jul 18, 07:21 Jerusalem. The sustained campaign follows the July 17 attack on U.S. bases in Jordan, which killed two American soldiers.
No further details on the precise location of the launch site or the extent of the damage have been released. It remains unclear whether the launch site was in Iran or elsewhere, and whether the strike was conducted in the same wave as the other targets or as a separate operation.
5 developments
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- StrongCENTCOM completes additional precision strikes across Iran
- StrongUS Central Command launches new airstrikes on Iran, citing Hormuz threat and Jordan attack retaliation
- DevelopingCENTCOM: US Struck Iranian Military Targets, Not Civilian Site, in Hormuz Operation
Source and signal
- Internal intake