US military strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure are still underway, Fox News reported Friday night, citing American officials. The report follows days of sustained American airstrikes on Iranian military and naval facilities, as The Zioneer has covered.
Fox News reported Friday night, citing US officials, that American strikes against Iranian targets are ongoing. The report — published at 23:54 Jerusalem — follows a rapid sequence of overlapping confirmations and reports. At 23:15 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published five near-simultaneous entries: a single-source report of strikes on Sirik Island (v1), a senior US official confirming ongoing operations near the Strait of Hormuz (v2), a US military statement attributing the strikes to an Iranian ceasefire violation in the waterway (v3), Axios reporting on the same operations from a single source (v4), and an official US military confirmation of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz in response to yesterday's attack on a vessel (v5). The Fox News confirmation, citing officials directly, reinforces that the campaign continues as of this hour.
Earlier this week, The Zioneer reported that the sustained US campaign had targeted air defenses, command centers, naval bases, and a petrochemical plant across southern Iran (Thu 00:57 and 02:18 Jerusalem). Iranian state media IRIB confirmed at least five strikes hit the Bandar Kargan naval base (Thu 00:57 Jerusalem). Background context — including a previous Fox News report from Thu 02:16 Jerusalem — noted that a US official had earlier confirmed ongoing strikes amid new explosions in Bandar Abbas and Kish Island.
Diplomatic efforts have continued alongside the military action. As The Zioneer reported (Wed 09:40 Jerusalem), Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi held late-night calls with his Turkish and Saudi counterparts condemning the strikes, though no ceasefire breakthrough has been reported. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson also alleged that the US had targeted Iranian commercial ships since a ceasefire was implemented (Sun Jun 7, 14:03 Jerusalem) — a claim The Zioneer noted was not independently verified.
The current Fox News report does not provide details on the scope, specific locations, or duration of the ongoing strikes. The Zioneer will update as further information becomes available.
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
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