US, Iran trade fire around Strait of Hormuz for third straight night

“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight and we’re going to hit them hard tomorrow. And there’s not a damn thing they can do about it,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday. Shortly afterward, U.S. Central Command announced it had begun strikes in Iran for the third consecutive night. Iranian state television reported explosions in the Bandar Abbas area on the southern coast, as well as near Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. Later, additional explosions were reported on the islands of Abu Musa and Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as in Jam County in Iran's southern Bushehr Province. CENTCOM said the strikes "will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." Iran's Fars news agency, citing authorities in Hormozgan Province, reported that a missile struck western Bandar Abbas.