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US Military Strikes Iranian Targets Near Strait of Hormuz
@AJEnglish reported that the US military completed attacks on dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas. Iranian forces responded with claims of strikes on US facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait while closing the strait to shipping.
Jul 15, 3:16 AM·2m read1 source
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The US military completed a further round of attacks against Iran on Wednesday, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas, @AJEnglish reported. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the end of America’s evils.
The IRGC also claimed to have destroyed the US Fifth Fleet’s command centre, support facilities and fuel tanks in Bahrain and targeted a major US military logistics hub in Mina Abdullah, Kuwait.
Jordanian air defences intercepted and downed three Iranian ballistic missiles that breached the country’s airspace at dawn on Wednesday, the Jordanian military said. Iran’s Education Ministry relocated examination centres located near sensitive or military facilities to safer locations including public halls and religious centres.
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers slashed the tyres of several vehicles in the al-Aqaba area east of Nablus early Wednesday morning.
Israeli forces raided homes in Beita and al-Lubban Asharqiya south of Nablus and detained two residents. Settlers attacked the al-Dahra area south of Nablus, cut down electricity poles and cut off power to multiple homes. During clashes in Beita, two young men sustained wounds and bruises, and settlers detained an ambulance and assaulted its medical crew.
An Israeli helicopter air strike on a home in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza at dawn Wednesday killed Omar Sami Ahmad Abu Qasim, 33, his wife Asmaa Ghazi Abu Qasim and their six-year-old daughter Habiba Omar Sami Abu Qasim, according to Wafa. The death toll reached four.
