Unverified reports indicate that bridges attacked overnight in southern Iran have sustained damage. The attacker is not specified, and the details are not independently confirmed.
Unverified reports emerged overnight indicating that bridges in southern Iran sustained damage in attacks. This follows a series of reports from Thursday night that documented strikes on bridges and train stations aimed at disrupting supply lines to Bandar Abbas. The new report, still unconfirmed, adds to the accumulating account of damage.
The thread began at 23:45 Jerusalem on Thursday with a report of a bridge linking Bandar Abbas to Shiraz being attacked. Within the same hour, Iranian state television confirmed two bridges were targeted, and Israeli media reported US missiles struck near Sirik. The number of reported bridges hit quickly escalated to five, with ynet, Iranian media, and Fars News Agency all reporting five bridges damaged by US strikes. The final reported update at 23:45 noted strikes also targeted train stations to sever supply lines to Bandar Abbas.
As The Zioneer reported earlier, the strikes are part of a broader campaign to cut supply routes to Bandar Abbas, a port used by Iran for naval attacks on ships. Security analyst Yair Goldblatt previously described US strikes on IRGC naval assets, weapons depots, and bridges in southern Iran, and reported casualties in the Sirik area.
The new report of damage remains unverified, and the specific locations and extent of damage are not known. The identity of the attacker in the new report is not specified, though earlier reports attributed the strikes to the US. Casualty figures have not been confirmed.
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