{"id":15720,"date":"2026-07-09T11:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15720"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:48:56","slug":"us-renews-strikes-on-irgc-iran-vows-retaliation-as-peace-ceasefire-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15720","title":{"rendered":"US renews strikes on IRGC; Iran vows retaliation as peace, ceasefire stall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><!----><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"Thu Jul 09 2026 06:35:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)\">1 hour ago<\/time><!----><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><!--(-->CENTCOM hails striking of 90 Iranian targets: We &#8216;remain vigilant, lethal&#8217; at Trump&#8217;s direction<!--)--><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>U.S. forces hit roughly 90 Iranian military targets Wednesday in another round of strikes aimed at weakening Tehran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>CENTCOM said the targets included air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities and military logistics infrastructure along Iran\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The strikes followed a separate operation the night before, when U.S. forces hit about 80 Iranian military targets, including more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats, after Iran attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The command said the latest operation was designed to \u201cfurther degrade\u201d Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial shipping and civilian mariners in the critical waterway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cU.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by the Commander in Chief,\u201d CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire &#8220;over&#8221; Wednesday, concluding the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--)--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 hour ago CENTCOM hails striking of 90 Iranian targets: We &#8216;remain vigilant, lethal&#8217; at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}