{"id":93321,"date":"2026-07-19T20:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=93321"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:39:48","slug":"us-strikes-iran-for-eighth-straight-night-after-deadly-attack-on-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/us-strikes-iran-for-eighth-straight-night-after-deadly-attack-on-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes Iran for eighth straight night after deadly attack on troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<div class=\"Page-articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody RichTextBody\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-dateAndSource\">(<em>JNS.org<\/em>)&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;The U.S. military struck Iranian targets on Saturday for an eighth consecutive night, hours after U.S. Central Command said the Islamic Republic had killed two U.S. service members in Jordan the previous day.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_93322\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93322\" class=\"wp-image-93322 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer.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-93322\" class=\"wp-image-93322 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aegis-Guided-mIssile-destroyer.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-93322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook transits the Arabian Sea while an MH-60S Sea Hawk utility maritime helicopter flies nearby. (Photos credit: United States Central Command)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iranian coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities and missile and drone storage sites were among the targets struck, according to CENTCOM. Also struck were Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces involved in Friday\u2019s missile and drone attack that killed U.S. troops in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of strikes began around 6 p.m. Eastern and lasted approximately five-and-a-half hours, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 50,000 U.S. men and women in uniform are operating across the Middle East. They remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal and ready,\u201d said CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier statement on Saturday, CENTCOM said the latest wave of strikes was launched to \u201cswiftly punish\u201d IRGC forces responsible for the attack on the U.S. base in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>The command said two service members were killed in action in Jordan while U.S. and partner forces \u201cdefended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.\u201d One service member remained missing in action, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Four other U.S. service members were evacuated to local hospitals and have since been discharged, while personnel treated for minor injuries have returned to duty, the command added.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran on Saturday continued its attacks on U.S. military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq, the state-controlled&nbsp;<i>Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting<\/i>&nbsp;(IRIB) outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Kuwait\u2019s military said its air defenses intercepted at least four waves of Iranian missiles and drones.<\/p>\n<p>The Bahrain Defense Force said it also \u201cintercepted and destroyed a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Jordanian military source told the state-run&nbsp;<i>Petra News Agency<\/i>&nbsp;that military aircraft shot down at least four Iranian suicide drones.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate official confirmation of the reported attack on Iraqi territory, which&nbsp;<i>IRIB<\/i>&nbsp;said targeted Sulaymaniyah Province in the country\u2019s Kurdistan region.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement on Saturday, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said that the United States could no longer maintain what he described as a \u201ctrouble-free, domineering presence\u201d in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Great Satan\u2014the criminal US\u2014has now realized that the continuation of its trouble-free, domineering presence in the region is nothing but a naive fantacy [sic],\u201d Khamenei, who was chosen in March to succeed his slain father as supreme leader, wrote in a message to the Iraqi people.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to what he described as tens of millions of mourners in Iran and Iraq attending his father\u2019s funeral, Khamenei said it had \u201copened a new chapter of awakening and active engagement to alter the equations that had been designed by the Arrogant Powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUndoubtedly, the leaders of Global Arrogance witnessed the magnificent scenes of this massive gathering in Iraq with trepidation, seeing how the vast resources they\u2019ve invested to undermine relations between the two nations have proved entirely futile and ineffective,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Page-articleBelow\">\n<div class=\"Page-actions-bottom\">\n<div class=\"Page-actions\">\n<div class=\"ActionBar\">\n<ul class=\"ActionBar-items\">\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\">Copy\n<div class=\"ActionLink-message\">Link copied<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\"><a class=\"ActionLink\" href=\"mailto:?body=US%20strikes%20Iran%20for%20eighth%20straight%20night%20after%20deadly%20attack%20on%20troops%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fnews%2Fu-s-news%2Fus-strikes-iran-for-eighth-straight-night-after-deadly-attack-on-troops%0A%0AThe%20latest%20wave%20of%20airstrikes%20was%20carried%20out%20to%20%E2%80%9Cswiftly%20punish%E2%80%9D%20IRGC%20forces%20responsible%20for%20the%20attack.\" data-social-service=\"mailto\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Email<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\"><a class=\"ActionLink\" data-social-service=\"print\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Print<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\">&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\">&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ActionBar-items-item\">&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Page-tags\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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