ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 11, 2026 00:40Updated: JUNE 11, 2026 00:48US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it has begun launching “self-defense strikes” against multiple targets in Iran at the direction of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.The strikes were announced shortly after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, during a security cabinet meeting with Trump, stated that the US was “going to hit Iran hard” on Wednesday.“Those strikes that will happen tonight will be strong and clear and if they have to happen tomorrow night, they will be strong and clear,” Hegseth asserted, adding that CENTCOM will be “busy tonight.”This is a developing story.Follow us on Google