{"id":16873,"date":"2026-07-13T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16873"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:12","slug":"the-us-launches-a-new-wave-of-strikes-in-the-war-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16873","title":{"rendered":"The US launches a new wave of strikes in the war against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The U.S. conducted a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran on Sunday, according to Central Command.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The strikes hit dozens of targets at multiple locations with &#8220;precision munitions to degrade Iran\u2019s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz,&#8221; CENTCOM said on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first time,&#8221; CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The military added that the Strait of Hormuz is a &#8220;vital maritime corridor for global trade&#8221; and that Iran does not control it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>&#8220;U.S. forces are postured and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available to commercial shipping despite Iran\u2019s continued unwarranted aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations,&#8221; CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Landon Mion contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--)--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. conducted a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran on Sunday, according to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16873","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\/16873","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=16873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}