The U.S. military appears to have carried out additional strikes on Iranian military facilities in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military also reportedly intercepted and shot down several Iranian drones operating around the strait.
According to Reuters, CBS and Fox News on the 28th, a U.S. government official said the U.S. military that day struck one military facility inside Iran that it determined posed a threat to U.S. troops and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and shot down four Iranian attack drones that posed a similar threat to U.S. forces.
Reuters reported that a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said the U.S. military conducted a new strike targeting the facility. The official also said the U.S. military intercepted and shot down several Iranian drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz.
Fox News, citing U.S. government officials, reported that the Iranian military facility struck that day was a ground control station in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, where Iran was attempting to launch a fifth drone.
CBS reported that despite the attack carried out overnight local time in Iran, the cease-fire between the United States and Iran is considered to be holding, according to a U.S. government official.
Iranian media reported that at about 1:30 a.m., three explosions were heard east of Bandar Abbas, a southern Iranian port city, and the Iranian air defense network was activated for several minutes afterward.
Authorities were said to have begun follow-up measures to determine the cause of the explosions.
It was the first time in three days since on the 25th that loud booms were heard in southern Iran.
At that time, U.S. Central Command said it had carried out strikes on selected targets in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, citing self-defense.
Iran immediately warned of retaliation, but it was not confirmed whether it followed through.