{"id":93250,"date":"2026-07-15T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=93250"},"modified":"2026-09-07T06:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:59:31","slug":"us-carries-out-fresh-daytime-strikes-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/us-carries-out-fresh-daytime-strikes-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US carries out fresh daytime strikes on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013 U.S. Central Command announced on Wednesday that it had carried out renewed airstrikes against Iranian regime targets.The daytime attacks, which lasted some 90 minutes, \u201cfurther degraded Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d CENTCOM stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93251\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93251\" class=\"wp-image-93251 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt.webp 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93251\" class=\"wp-image-93251 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-10-Thunderbolt.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-93251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II close air-support attack aircraft, aka \u201cWarthogs,\u201d fly over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Credit: CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Targets included coastal defense systems, as well as cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island in the Persian Gulf, it added.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the U.S. military struck dozens of Iranian regime targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along the country\u2019s southern coast, marking the fourth consecutive day of strikes.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. fighter jets, drones and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval assets and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour operation, which CENTCOM said sought to \u201cfurther degrade Iran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said on Wednesday that U.S. forces were holding the Islamic regime \u201caccountable for unwarranted aggression that continues to endanger innocent lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past seven days, Iran has intentionally targeted civilians across the region by attacking seven commercial ships resulting in nearly a dozen civilian crew members killed, missing or injured,\u201d he said. \u201cIranian forces have also launched dozens of missiles and drones toward neighboring Gulf countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it attacked U.S. military assets in Bahrain and Kuwait on Tuesday evening and overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain\u2019s Ministry of Interior confirmed that air-raid sirens were activated around 8 p.m. and again at 3 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces said on Tuesday night that its air defenses engaged five cruise missiles, one ballistic missile and 33 attack drones. \u201cThe Iranian aggression resulted in the targeting of several vital and civilian facilities, while shrapnel fell in various locations across the country, causing material damage,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>A vessel belonging to the Kuwaiti Naval Force was also targeted, wounding four service members, who received medical treatment. Their condition was reported as stable.<\/p>\n<p>Air-raid sirens sounded again around 3:15 a.m. local time in Kuwait, with the military confirming that air defenses were \u201cconfronting hostile drone attacks following the treacherous Iranian aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"US%20carries%20out%20fresh%20daytime%20strikes%20on%20Iran\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":93251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,25],"tags":[184,8790,8795,8788,15153,518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93252,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93250\/revisions\/93252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}