US Launches New Wave of Strikes Against Iran for Ninth Straight Night; CENTCOM Announces 3 US Service Member Deaths in Jordan, Iraq
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched another round of strikes against Iran on Sunday, extending its military campaign into a ninth straight night.
“CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night,” the command said in a post shared on X. . .
CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night. The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 19, 2026
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. military campaign against Iran is focused on ensuring Tehran has no path to obtaining a nuclear missile.
“We were doing a little job and stopping them from having a certain capability,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews.
“Now we’re just ending it, so it’s really not the same thing. What we’re doing now is we’re ending any chance that they can have a nuclear missile,” he added. . .
President Donald Trump on Sunday paid tribute to U.S. service members killed in recent attacks linked to Iran, saying American forces launched another round of strikes “in honor” of them.
At Joint Base Andrews, Trump also said the service members had sacrificed their lives to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“Well, we feel very badly. But you know, those great people, those great patriots were out there fighting so that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
“Iran has been very, very badly damaged. They’ve lost everything almost militarily. They’ve got very little left,” he added. (Read more from “US Launches New Wave of Strikes Against Iran for Ninth Straight Night; CENTCOM Announces 3 US Service Member Deaths in Jordan, Iraq” HERE)
