{"id":21655,"date":"2026-11-05T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/news\/2026\/11\/05\/breaking-us-military-launches-defensive-strikes-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:37:59","slug":"breaking-us-military-launches-defensive-strikes-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/news\/2026\/11\/05\/breaking-us-military-launches-defensive-strikes-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: US military launches &#39;defensive&#39; strikes against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title = \"BREAKING: US military launches &#039;defensive&#039; strikes against Iran\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3Zu9CAeDN4?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<br \/>We are learning new information this Monday amid reports that the United States struck Iran&#8217;s Qeshm Island in the Strait of &#8230;<br \/>\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are learning new information this Monday amid reports that the United States struck Iran&#8217;s Qeshm Island in the Strait of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2681,133,11,18714,52504,52503,132,4,2,3,9824,8023,611,41084,3090,13263,16474,6592,52501,52502,15,129,12926,16,40725,52505,13427,41523,6893,123,33632,1074,40266,6780,770,27430,6584,219],"class_list":["post-21655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-airstrikes","tag-breaking-news","tag-conflict","tag-defense-news","tag-defensive-strikes","tag-desalination-plant","tag-fox-live","tag-fox-news","tag-fox-us-news","tag-fox-usa","tag-geopolitical-news","tag-international-news","tag-iran","tag-irans","tag-middle-east-news","tag-military-news","tag-military-operation","tag-military-strikes","tag-missile-site","tag-naval-base","tag-news","tag-news-today","tag-news-update","tag-politics","tag-qeshm-island","tag-security-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-tehran-talks","tag-top-stories","tag-united-states","tag-us-aircraft","tag-us-defense","tag-us-forces","tag-us-iran-tensions","tag-us-military","tag-us-strike-iran","tag-us-strikes","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: US military launches &#039;defensive&#039; 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