{"id":6449,"date":"2026-07-19T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:08:27","slug":"us-military-hits-iran-with-new-airstrikes-to-swiftly-punish-country-for-deaths-of-troops-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6449","title":{"rendered":"US military hits Iran with new airstrikes to \u2018swiftly punish\u2019 country for deaths of troops in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military said that it carried out new airstrikes against Iran on Sunday to \u201cswiftly punish\u201d the country\u2019s Revolutionary Guard after an attack on a base in Jordan killed two American service members, left one missing and four requiring hospitalization.<\/p>

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The 8th night of strikes was designed to further degrade Iran\u2019s ability to restrict the traffic of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said. The waterway accounted for roughly 20% of global oil supplies before the war. Iran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic after the war started with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

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An overturned car sits on a section of a destroyed bridge after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. The U.S. military said that it carried out new airstrikes against Iran on Sunday after an attack on a base in Jordan killed two American service members. The strikes are now the 8th straight day of attacks on Iran. (Mahdi Negahban\/Mehr News Agency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new strikes came after the U.S. military announced its first troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, following a drone and missile attack on a base in Jordan on Friday. The dead were not identified, and Central Command didn\u2019t offer any further details on the deaths.<\/p>\n

Centcom said the latest attacks successfully hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican military assets also targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces that launched attacks against U.S. service members in Jordan on July 17,\u201d Centcom said.<\/p>\n