{"id":89517,"date":"2026-07-15T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-launches-new-wave-of-strikes-in-escalating-battle-over-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:54:13","slug":"u-s-launches-new-wave-of-strikes-in-escalating-battle-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-launches-new-wave-of-strikes-in-escalating-battle-over-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. launches new wave of strikes in escalating battle over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content__post--b1b7bfad-000a-4ae9-9759-1c80bc0e0001\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-b1b7bfad\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:49:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              1m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Price of oil remains over $85 a barrel as war intensifies<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>International benchmark Brent crude oil was still trading over $85 a barrel Wednesday as intensified strikes in and around the Strait of Hormuz continue hampering the flow of oil and gas through the vital shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude shot up to $86 a barrel Tuesday, a one-month high, after President Trump announced the U.S. would reimpose its naval blockade of Iran&#8217;s ports and associated vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Brent was trading early Wednesday at $85.50, while U.S. benchmark Texas Intermediate was selling for just under $80, both still significantly higher than pre-war levels, but below the peak of almost $120 per barrel that Brent hit at the height of the conflict<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--e349515f-909c-4412-8e99-7f4c8812f315\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-e349515f\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">U.S. military announces new strikes on Iran<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s Central Command announced a new wave of strikes on Iran Wednesday morning, following a seven-hour barrage overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,&#8221; CENTCOM <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2077338021733478617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The new strikes were announced just hours after the fourth consecutive nighttime assault, with the pace of attacks increasing since President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-trump-says-ceasefire-over\/#post-update-2849e163\" target=\"_blank\" data-absolute=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump declared the ceasefire over on July 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--c0523afb-e94a-4fa3-be25-6921f2d87ac4\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-c0523afb\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Iranian officials report at least 30 killed, 260 injured in recent strikes<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The latest round of overnight U.S. airstrikes on Iran injured more than 260 people, an Iranian health ministry official said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The comment by Hossein Kermanpour, a spokesperson for the ministry, did not include fatality statistics.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, an Iranian government spokesperson claimed at least 30 people were killed in &#8220;recent days,&#8221; without specifying exact dates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--876330da-c1f7-4474-a728-1f6ca6ddc090\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-876330da\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait report incoming attacks from Iran<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The Kuwaiti military said early Wednesday morning local time it is confronting &#8220;hostile drone attacks&#8221; from Iran, hours after announcing it had shot down dozens of drones and missiles and reporting an Iranian strike on a Kuwaiti warship.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain also said its alert sirens were sounding.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jordan&#8217;s army said Wednesday it had shot down three missiles from Iran, as Tehran pressed attacks on U.S. allies in response to American strikes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--df032c26-a269-4278-b4fd-b1e18bc3fcf6\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-df032c26\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">U.S. reimposes blockade on Iran, carries out more strikes<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The U.S. military reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2077214603713359959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Wednesday<\/a> morning it had completed a seven-hour wave of attacks across Iran &#8220;to further degrade Iran&#8217;s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East by Iran and the U.S., and both nations&#8217; attempts to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, threaten to push the region back to all-out war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--7949dff1-34cc-4a65-952f-f2adb277833d\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-7949dff1\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">U.S. wraps up 4th consecutive night of strikes, CENTCOM says<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>U.S. Central Command said it struck dozens of Iranian targets over the course of seven hours Tuesday evening, including missile and drone sites and &#8220;coastal defense systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The goal was to &#8220;further degrade Iran&#8217;s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews,&#8221; CENTCOM said in a post on X after the strikes were completed.<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM has struck Iran for four consecutive nights.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--c08e2a7a-7a2b-4e06-ad17-7587545ee7b6\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-c08e2a7a\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-07-15T07:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              24m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Trump says U.S. will hit Iranian power plants, bridges next week unless Iranians &#8220;get to the table and negotiate&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>President Trump told Fox News the U.S.&#8217;s strikes against Iran could get &#8220;really bad&#8221; 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We&#8217;re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We&#8217;re going to hit them very hard the night after,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And then next week, it gets really bad for them, because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president continued: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to knock out all their power plants, we&#8217;re going to knock out all their bridges. Unless they get to the table and negotiate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has threatened to hit Iranian bridges and power plants in the past. Experts say attacks on civilian infrastructure can constitute a war crime, though the Trump administration has said it will hit legitimate targets used by the military.<\/p>\n<p>The president also told Fox News&#8217; Trey Yingst his representatives delivered a message to Iran earlier Tuesday, urging them to &#8220;make a deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re being very careful with the civilian population, as you know. 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