Stung by Iranian attacks that drew U.S. blood, the United States roared back Sunday night to strike Iranian positions in the hope of leaving Iran’s dreams of controlling the Strait of Hormuz in the rubble.

“CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night,” U.S. Central Command posted on X.

“The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the post said.

CENTCOM said on X after its attacks that U.S. strikes “targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”

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— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 20, 2026

“The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief’s direction. CENTCOM forces remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready,” it posted.

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On Sunday, Trump said the U.S. will not stop its attacks after suffering losses, according to ABC News.

“Well, we feel very badly, but you know those great people, those great patriots, were out there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Iran has been very, very badly damaged,” Trump said.

“We hit them very hard again tonight, and we did that in honor of the probably three — It’s probably three as opposed to two. Great patriots,” Trump said.

The attacks came as the War Department released the names of two Americans killed in the war, according to The Guardian.

First lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

Feehan was killed in action on Saturday and Gonzales on Friday.

Feehan served with the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Gonzales had served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany.

Iran said that even as the U.S. continued to attack, it was retaliating by sending missiles at Jordan’s Aqaba airport.

Bahrain was also targeted, while Iran said it struck a U.S. site in Syria.

The Pentagon said that its Saturday casualties came as troops were carrying out a controlled detonation of an unexploded ordnance on an Iranian drone shot down in northern Iraq, according to Task and Purpose.

To date, 17 Americans have been killed and about 400 injured since the war with Iran began on Feb. 28.

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