U.S. strikes Iran over troop deaths as Israel warns Tehran's attacks are coming close

By — Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jon Gambrell, Associated Press By — Sam Metz, Associated Press Sam Metz, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-strikes-iran-over-troop-deaths-as-israel-warns-tehrans-attacks-are-coming-close Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter U.S. strikes Iran over troop deaths as Israel warns Tehran's attacks are coming close World Jul 19, 2026 12:00 PM EDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched more airstrikes at Iran on Sunday in response to the killing of U.S. troops, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel. Step by step, the U.S, and Iran have returned closer to all-out war as last month's interim deal meant to permanently end the fighting has crumbled and shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled. Both sides have targeted civilian infrastructure relied on by millions of people. READ MORE: U.S. military launches new airstrikes to punish Iran for deaths of U.S. troops The U.S. military said the latest strikes targeted Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for Friday's killing of troops in Jordan. The campaign, now in its second week, has seen the U.S. target bridges, water desalination plants and electrical facilities in Iran. Tehran has hit U.S.-allied countries throughout the Middle East. Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain again activated air defenses for incoming Iranian drones and missiles. Israel warned that missiles launched toward neighboring Jordan could cause fire to spill over into Israeli territory for the first time in weeks. Iran says a nuclear site under construction was hit The U.S. military's Central Command said it hit "Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities and missile and drone storage sites." It said the attack was designed to degrade Iran's ability to control the strait and "swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces," a power base in Iran's theocracy that controls its ballistic missile arsenal. Footage released by the U.S. military appeared to show strikes carried out by fighter jets and by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from the sea. One target site appeared to be in a valley of a mountainous region. The Guard often has missile bases and other military equipment tucked into mountain ranges. READ MORE: As U.S. strikes bridges in Iran, it targets a water desalination plant in Kuwait Iran's atomic energy agency said U.S. strikes targeted the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in the southwest, state television reported. Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC of the Darkhovin nuclear plant site showed earth clearing but little construction as of July 9. Iran did not previously announce it as being targeted. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the site, in the "very early stages of construction," contained no nuclear