US Military Launches Heavy Retaliatory Airstrikes Hitting Dozens of Targets in Iran After IRGC Missile Attack on Jordan Base

US Central Command said US forces struck dozens of IRGC targets across Iran overnight Wednesday into Thursday, including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance sites and maritime capabilities, in a barrage that began at 8 p.m. and lasted about two hours 123. CENTCOM characterized the strikes as retaliation for an IRGC ballistic missile attack Tuesday on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which Jordan's military said it partially intercepted, downing five missiles targeting its territory early Thursday 23. Iranian state and semi-official outlets including IRIB, Tasnim and Fars reported explosions and damage across Qeshm, Kish, Bushehr, Khuzestan and Hormozgan provinces, with Fars reporting three members of a family, including a two-year-old, killed and two more relatives trapped after a residential building in Qeshm was hit 2. The IRGC said it would retaliate against "the aggressor," and Kuwait's Defense Ministry reported one worker killed Thursday when a building linked to a Chinese company was struck in an attack it attributed to Iran, while Egypt said a Wednesday drone strike damaged two ships at Damietta port 23.