America in the Middle East

BRIDGE BUSTERS: U.S. Targets Iranian Routes as Hormuz Battle Widens [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.17.26

American forces struck bridges, transportation routes and a port control tower early Friday, expanding a campaign once focused primarily on Iranian weapons into infrastructure the regime needs to move men, equipment and commerce.

The new targets signal that Trump is carrying out his threat to squeeze Tehran until it loosens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that handled roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas shipments before the war.

Iran answered with another wave of missiles and drones aimed at US facilities and American allies across the Middle East, including Qatar, a key mediator in efforts to end the conflict.

The exchange marked the sixth consecutive night of renewed American strikes and another step away from the interim cease-fire reached last month.

“We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly,” Trump told Americans during a primetime address Thursday.

Those “fruits” arrived within hours.

US aircraft, drones and warships hit dozens of Iranian targets, including sites on Qeshm Island and near Bandar Abbas, home to Iran’s largest commercial port and significant naval and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities.

“U.S. forces, including fighter jets, aerial drones, and warships, launched precision munitions that hit dozens of Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities,” US Central Command said, according to Reuters.

CENTCOM said the strikes were intended to further weaken Iran’s ability to threaten mariners in the Strait of Hormuz.

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