A senior US official confirmed to Israeli media that American forces struck air defense and missile systems, as well as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps speedboats, at multiple locations around the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media report additional explosions on Qeshm Island, stating the island was hit by 10–11 missiles.
A senior US official confirmed to Israel's Channel 12 that American forces struck Iranian air defense and missile systems, and also targeted small speedboats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, at several locations around the Strait of Hormuz. The official did not provide further details on the scale of the operation. This confirmation, first reported by journalist Barak Ravid at 07:49 Jerusalem, marks the first on-record American acknowledgment of the strikes, which had been reported earlier by Iranian sources.
Iranian media now report that 10–11 missiles struck Qeshm Island, a strategic island near the Strait, describing the strikes as coming from an unidentified "enemy." Earlier today, Iran confirmed that missiles had been launched toward Qeshm Island. The thread of reports began at 07:49 Jerusalem with unverified Iranian media claims of strikes on seven locations along Iran's southern coast. Within the same hour, a US official confirmed to Ravid that American forces had struck air defense systems and small boats, and the US military separately announced it had hit 140 targets in Iran overnight. The confirmation evolved from a single-source report to an on-record acknowledgment by a senior US official.
As The Zioneer has reported, the strikes come amid a sustained campaign of US military action against Iranian military infrastructure, with CENTCOM previously confirming strikes on 10 Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz on June 28, and Iran retaliating with missile and drone operations targeting US facilities in the Gulf. The IRGC has also been reported to launch 2–4 attack drones at US Navy ships in the Strait nightly, as The Zioneer reported on June 17.
It remains unclear whether the strikes on Qeshm Island are part of the same operation confirmed by the US official, or a separate incident. No official statement from the Pentagon has been released at this time, and the reports from Iranian media citing local sources have not been independently verified.
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