CENTCOM says the U.S. military struck Iranian drone and missile storage facilities and radar installations late Friday night, in response to Iran's attack on a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz. A senior U.S. official told Fox News the operation was ordered by President Trump following what he described as a violation of the ceasefire.
The U.S. military struck Iranian drone and missile storage facilities and radar installations late Friday night — a strike ordered directly by President Trump, a senior U.S. official told Fox News, after the White House determined Iran had violated a ceasefire agreement. The operation is the latest in a sequence that began Friday evening, when Trump announced Iran had struck a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
The thread unfolded rapidly. At 23:13 Jerusalem on Friday, The Zioneer reported Trump hinting at a response, with unverified reports of explosions in several Iranian cities from a single Hebrew-language security source. Minutes later, at the same timestamp, a second version identified a focus on Sirik, still unverified. By 23:13 that night, the U.S. military officially confirmed it had struck targets in the Strait of Hormuz area in response to the Iranian ship attack, though it gave no details on scope or targets. The new wave — now confirmed as strikes on storage and radar sites — expands that earlier confirmed operation.
As The Zioneer reported on Friday at 18:54 Jerusalem, Trump had called the Iranian drone attack on the merchant ship a "foolish" ceasefire violation. By 18:55, Trump said Iran had launched four explosive suicide drones, one of which hit the vessel's upper deck, and that U.S. forces had intercepted three. Within hours, the U.S. military response had escalated from a general confirmation to specific targeting, with the president asserting authorship of the new strikes.
What remains unverified is whether this was a single, expanded operation with new targets or a distinct second wave. The timing of the president's authorization relative to the Friday 23:13 U.S. military confirmation is also unclear. No Iranian damage assessment or casualty count has been released.
4 developments
- StrongTrump says Iran struck a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, US intercepted three drones
- DevelopingTrump: Iran 'foolishly' violated ceasefire with drone strike on ships in Strait of Hormuz
- ConfirmedCENTCOM intercepts Iranian suicide drones targeting commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
- DevelopingUS shot down two Iranian drones after attempted strike on ships in Hormuz, Fox News reports
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