The Jordanian army said on Thursday that it intercepted and downed five missiles launched from Iran toward the kingdom, marking the fourth consecutive day of such incidents.
No casualties were reported, it added.
On Wednesday, Jordan said it had downed five missiles after intercepting one drone on Tuesday and two drones on Monday.
3 family members killed, 2 children injured in US strike on southern Iran: IRNA
Three members of the same family were killed and two children were injured in a US strike on a residential building in Qeshm, southern Iran, early Thursday, according to the country’s official IRNA news agency.
Citing Hormozgan Deputy Governor Ahmad Nafisi, IRNA said search and rubble-removal operations at the home in the Chah Tangu neighborhood had been completed.
Nafisi said the victims were a father, a mother and one of their children, while the family’s two other children were taken to a medical facility for treatment.
UN chief expresses concern over renewed hostilities, calls for dialogue
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the US and Iran to cease fighting and return to diplomacy, according to a spokesman, as per Al Jazeera.
“The Secretary-General has been worried for some time that if the parties do not return to negotiations, you could have a widening of the conflict, and that seems to be what has been happening in recent hours,” Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York.
“These are not positive developments, and he wants to make sure that the parties can cease fighting and again return to the diplomatic efforts, including the mediation efforts being pressed forward by Pakistan, Qatar and others.”
US strikes Iran again as Iran strikes US oil storage in Egypt port
The US carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the US military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to embroil additional countries in the region.
“US forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8:00pm ET today (5:00am PKT),” US Central Command said in a statement.
“The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East.”
Earlier on Wednesday, a drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta, British maritime security firm Ambrey said in an initial assessment, while US and Saudi forces launched strikes against Iran-aligned groups in eastern Iraq and Iran fired missiles at US troops in Jordan.
A statement from Egypt’s petroleum ministry confirmed a fire at the port but made no mention of a drone attack. It was not immediately clear who was responsible.
The latest strikes in Iraq and Egypt threatened to draw more Middle Eastern countries into the conflict, after the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen last week declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
The US strikes in Iran on Wednesday followed President Donald Trump’s vow earlier in the day to retaliate against Iran for firing on US troops.
“So it’s our turn,” Trump told reporters at the White House, promising to “hit them very hard” even as he again said Washington would continue to aim for a peace deal with Tehran.
Iran confirmed overnight that it had fired on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and also spurned an Omani proposal to jointly manage the strait, a critical global shipping route for oil and gas.