The United States has waged an eighth straight night of strikes on Iran, while regional allies have come under further attack.

By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcing that two U.

The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, with each country accusing the other of violating terms of a ceasefire agreed on last week.

US conflict escalated into a seventh consecutive night as both sides exchanged fresh attacks. Tehran claimed tanker explosions in the Strait of Hormuz and warned of a wider offensive if US strikes con

U.S. Central Command said Friday that its forces struck “missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites.”

Central Command called the attack "a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression."

Iran conflict intensifies, with both sides exchanging fresh strikes and tensions spreading across the Gulf region.

U.S. and Iranian leaders traded further threats on Saturday as the interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the Middle East.

The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan.