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United States completes strikes against Iran, explosions heard across region

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US Central Command (CENTCOM) completed "wide, extensive, and impactful" strikes on Iran after explosions were heard in the south of the country on Thursday morning, a US official told The Jerusalem Post. The scale of the night's bombardment was "about twice the size of the previous," the official added. CENTCOM said that US forces "successfully completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran in response to yesterday's attempted missile attacks on US forces." A residential area on Qeshm Island was hit by a US missile strike, Tasnim reported. Explosions in Bushehr, Abu Musa, Kish Island, Ahwaz, Qeshm Island. Jordanian air defenses shot down 5 Iranian missiles.