Iranian sources claimed Thursday evening that the United States carried out a strike in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran within the past hour. No details on targets, damage, or casualties were immediately available, and the reports were not independently verified.
Iranian sources claimed Thursday evening that the United States carried out a strike in the port city of Bandar Abbas within the past hour. The claim comes hours after a series of explosions were reported in the same area beginning at 03:50 Jerusalem Thursday morning, as The Zioneer documented in a sequence of reports. The cause of those earlier blasts was not immediately attributed to any party.
The earlier reports began with unverified local accounts of explosions in Bandar Abbas, followed by reports of approximately four explosions, then additional waves and echoes of explosions, all within a short span at 03:50 Jerusalem. Those reports, based on Iranian sources and security analyst Yair Goldblatt, remained unconfirmed and unattributed.
The Zioneer has reported extensively on US military operations in the area. On July 13, the US Army confirmed a new wave of strikes that bombed the Bandar Abbas air base. Earlier, on July 14, a targeted strike on a fast vessel in the port was reported, and on July 12, US strikes on Kish Island and Bandar Abbas were noted. Power outages in the city were reported on July 8.
The latest claim of a US strike remains unverified. No details on targets, damage, or casualties have been provided, and it is not clear whether this is a separate incident or related to the explosions reported earlier in the day.
5 developments
- StrongOvernight: Power outages reported in Bandar Abbas, additional footage of US strikes on Iran
- DevelopingExplosions reported in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, for second time tonight
- StrongAir force base at Bandar Abbas port reportedly bombed
- StrongUS airstrike hits communications regulator building in Bandar Abbas
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