US Central Command carried out “a heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, it said early Thursday, a day after the Iranian military force targeted American troops in the region with ballistic missiles.

CENTCOM described the strikes as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East.”

The targets hit in the strikes included command centers, facilities for missiles and drones, and other military and surveillance sites, aiming to “further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries,” it said.

The US attacks began at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday (0000 GMT on Thursday) and ended at 10 p.m. ET (0200 GMT on Thursday), according to CENTCOM.

Iran’s Fars news agency reported that one US strike hit a “residential home” on Qeshm Island in the Gulf of Hormuz, and “killed three members of a family: the father, the mother, and their 2-year-old child.”

The Iranian report, which cited the Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, added that two other children were injured.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that U.S. forces conducted a heavy wave of strikes against dozens of IRGC targets across Iran at approximately 10 p.m. ET, describing the operation as a response to Iran's attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan… https://t.co/jkaO1HoTzC pic.twitter.com/Ph0covt2QP — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 30, 2026

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that U.S. forces conducted a heavy wave of strikes against dozens of IRGC targets across Iran at approximately 10 p.m. ET, describing the operation as a response to Iran's attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan… https://t.co/jkaO1HoTzC pic.twitter.com/Ph0covt2QP

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