US expands attacks on Iran after death of another American service member

Defense US expands attacks on Iran after death of another American service member Comments: by Max Rego - 07/20/26 7:36 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Max Rego - 07/20/26 7:36 AM ET Comments: Link copied

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U.S. forces wrapped up a ninth consecutive day of strikes against Iran late Sunday, after an American service member died in Iraq one day earlier.

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) wrote Sunday on social platform X it completed strikes against Iran at 10 p.m. EDT.

The U.S. 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,” the command added.

Over the weekend, a U.S. service member in northern Iraq died during a “controlled detonation” of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone, according to Centcom. Another service member was receiving medical treatment for a “minor” injury from the explosion as of Sunday, the command noted.

The latest death marked the 17th American service member killed since the U.S. and Israel launched the war with Iran on Feb. 28. It also came a day after Centcom said an Iranian attack in Jordan killed two U.S. service members.

President Trump said Sunday the latest strikes on Iran were in “honor” of the three service members killed.

“We hit them very hard again tonight, and we did that in honor of the probably three,” the president told reporters.

The U.S. and Iran have exchanged strikes over the last two weeks, laying waste to the ceasefire both sides agreed to last month. The escalation began when Iranian forces targeted multiple commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Early Monday morning, the Bahrain Defense Force’s General Command said Iran launched another round of attacks against its fellow Middle Eastern country.

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