US strikes Iran for ninth night as Hormuz tensions spiral, ceasefire collapses

At least 17 US service members killed and 420+ wounded; thousands dead overall, mostly in Iran and Lebanon; civilian infrastructure attacked including Kuwait desalination plant.

For the ninth consecutive night, American forces struck targets across Iran — from the southern ports to the mountains of the northwest — as a month-old ceasefire dissolved into competing claims over the Strait of Hormuz, one of the arteries through which the modern world breathes. The death of a third American soldier in recent days, added to thousands lost across the region since late February, marks another increment in a conflict where each act of violence has become both consequence and cause. What began as a campaign against military infrastructure has expanded in geography and ambition,

US strikes Iran for ninth night as Hormuz tensions spiral, ceasefire collapses

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