The US military struck a limited number of targets near the Strait of Hormuz in the past hour, according to a report. The strikes follow earlier US operations in the area on Sunday, which a senior US official confirmed targeted Iranian air defense systems and IRGC speedboats, as The Zioneer reported earlier Sunday.
The US military struck a limited number of targets near the Strait of Hormuz in the past hour, according to a report. This latest action follows a series of US strikes on Sunday that began overnight and continued through the morning, as The Zioneer has been tracking.
Earlier Sunday, at 07:49 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Iranian media outlets had described overnight US strikes on seven locations along Iran's southern coast. By the same hour, the US military confirmed it had struck 140 targets in Iran overnight. A senior US official then confirmed to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid (N12) that American forces had struck air defense and missile systems, as well as small IRGC racing boats, at multiple locations around the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media later reported that 10–11 missiles had hit Qeshm Island. The official's confirmation provided the first on-record American acknowledgment of the strikes, corroborating earlier unverified reports.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, June 28, CENTCOM confirmed US strikes on 10 Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz in response to a drone attack on an oil tanker, and a Pentagon official said on the same day that Iran had rebuilt air defense systems in the area since the April ceasefire. The Zioneer also reported on Friday, June 26, that a senior US official had stated the US military was actively striking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
No details on the specific targets or damage from the latest strike are yet available, and the report did not specify the type of assets used.
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