The US Army announced that its forces began a new wave of strikes against Iran at 14:00 ET (21:00 Jerusalem time), marking the sixth consecutive night of aerial operations. The statement says the strikes aim to continue eroding Iran's military capabilities, without specifying targets or geographic limits.
The US Army officially confirmed the sixth consecutive night of strikes on Iran on Thursday evening, announcing that a new wave of operations began at 21:00 Jerusalem. The statement said the strikes aim to 'continue eroding Iran's military capabilities' and omitted any geographic limitation, marking a shift from earlier statements that confined the campaign to the Strait of Hormuz. The confirmation came hours after the US Army announced the fifth consecutive night at 21:44 Jerusalem, and after unverified reports of a sixth night surfaced at 22:13 Jerusalem.
Thursday's official confirmation follows a thread of reports that began on Wednesday, when unverified accounts first emerged of a sixth night and Iranian sources claimed higher military death tolls than officially reported. The Zioneer reported the fifth night confirmation at 21:44, with wording that hinted at a broader campaign. The sustained bombing campaign, which began on July 11, expanded from initial strikes on naval targets to a broader air campaign across Iranian territory, as The Zioneer reported in earlier dispatches.
Attributed background: The Zioneer reported on Monday that the US military launched strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, and on Tuesday that the third consecutive night included the first-ever use of unmanned attack drones and vessels by US forces against Iran. The campaign has targeted sites from Bandar Abbas to Chabahar, according to earlier reports.
No casualty figures or damage assessments have been released by the US or Iran. The specific targets of the sixth night remain undisclosed, and the geographic scope of the new wave has not been detailed.
8 developments
- StrongSource: Overnight US strikes hit newly-built Iranian targets, including surveillance and drone storage
- DevelopingReports: US strikes shift focus to Iranian bases deeper inside Iran, near Ahvaz
- StrongAnalyst: If true, US strikes on Iran mark a significant escalation in scope
- DevelopingOvernight: US strikes near Tehran for first time in campaign, i24NEWS reports
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