US strikes degrading Iran’s threat to Hormuz shipping, CENTCOM tells 'Post'

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted daytime strikes against Iran on Wednesday, signaling continued readiness to counter threats to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. These were the first daytime strikes since a ceasefire was signed, demonstrating Washington's resolve.

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You can understand and see that US forces remain vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by US President Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief.

Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, CENTCOM Spokesperson, told The Jerusalem Post that U.S. forces remain "vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by U.S. President Donald Trump." Hawkins emphasized that the president has directed accountability for Iran's "unwarranted attacks on commercial ships and innocent mariners." He added, "There is no excuse for Iran continuing to attack innocent civilians."

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The president has directed us to hold Iranian forces accountable for their unwarranted attacks on commercial ships and innocent mariners crewing those ships simply trying to transit an international waterway.

Hawkins stated that the strikes are designed to "further degrade Iran's military capability for attacking commercial shipping and innocent mariners using an international waterway in the Strait of Hormuz." He specified that U.S. forces targeted military infrastructure on Greater Tunb Island, including coastal defense and cruise missile storage and launch sites. These facilities, he noted, had been used to threaten international shipping.

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There is no excuse for Iran continuing to attack innocent civilians. We are conducting these operations to degrade their capability to continue attacking innocent commercial mariners.

While declining to provide an intelligence assessment of the current threat level, Hawkins asserted that the operation has yielded significant results. "We are making significant progress in further degrading Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial shipping," he said. The overarching U.S. objective, Hawkins explained, is to ensure freedom of navigation and push back against Iranian efforts to disrupt traffic through the strategically vital waterway.

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Our strikes are designed to further degrade Iran's military capability for attacking commercial shipping and innocent mariners using an international waterway in the Strait of Hormuz.