The United States has gradually expanded the scope of its attacks against Iran over the course of two weeks of punishing airstrikes that increasingly resemble the war’s opening salvos. After a brief ceasefire in June following the signing of an interim deal to end the conflict, a battle for control over the Strait of Hormuz erupted, shattering the truce and pushing the countries back to the precipice of an all-out war across the Middle East. started off with intense waves of strikes on Iran’s navy and coastal defenses earlier this month, aiming to blunt Tehran’s ability to attack ships in the strait vital to world energy supplies.
has expanded its targets, hitting bridges and infrastructure in the south and striking deeper into the center of Iran and the outskirts of its capital, Tehran. Despite its growing intensity and scope, the renewed U.S. aerial campaign is not as fierce in either way as the one at the start of the war, which began on Feb.
In just the first 100 hours of the war, the U.S. and Israel hit hundreds of military targets and killed top leaders of Iran, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian Health Ministry says 3,434 people have been killed since the war began, including 55 during the recent escalation.
strikes temporarily disrupted transportation and communications within Iran, and damaged water infrastructure used by thousands of people. military has said its recent barrages were aimed at degrading Iran’s ability to threaten vessels in the strait. It has intensified strikes on ships in the strait and on Gulf countries housing U.S.
bases, killing at least four American soldiers and damaging critical infrastructure. Israel has so far not been targeted in this latest round of fighting, and it has not joined the U.S. has been striking and what it may have achieved: The first days focused on Iran’s coast Not long after the countries had reached an interim ceasefire deal, Iran began striking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering tit-for-tat attacks with the U.S.
military intensified its bombing campaign, and a day later, President Donald Trump reimposed a U.S. In two days of bombardment, the U.S. military said it struck dozens of targets, inclu…
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