The United States conducted a third series of strikes on Iran following an assault by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on a Cyprus-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The US military, under President Donald Trump’s orders, initiated the strikes at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
This military action was in response to the attack on the M/V GFS Galaxy, a commercial container ship navigating through the vital waterway. The US Central Command did not disclose the specific locations targeted or the weapons utilized in the operation.
A crew member is reported missing after the vessel was attacked, leaving the ship incapacitated due to a fire and severe damage to its engine room. The nationality of the missing crew member has not been revealed by CENTCOM.
The US military justified the strikes as a response to Iran’s alleged non-compliance with a Memorandum of Understanding and its repeated attacks on commercial vessels. The objective of the operation was to diminish Iran’s capability to endanger civilian sailors and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
