Trump vows to avenge deaths of US soldiers ‘many times over’ as furious president blitzes Iran for 10th night

DONALD Trump has vowed to enact revenge on Iran “many times over” following the deaths of three US soldiers over the weekend. It comes as the US president launched fresh strikes across the country for the 10th night running – before Tehran hit back with its own retaliatory attacks. Centcom released footage of the latest strikes Credit: Reuters US fighter jets seen in footage from Centcom as part of the fresh round of strikes Credit: Reuters Washington’s latest blitz was unleashed to “further degrade” Tehran’s ability to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said its latest assault hit Iranian “military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems”. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! In response to the overnight attack, Iran claimed it struck US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as two oil tankers in the key waterway, according to state media. It comes after the White House confirmed the identities of three dead US personnel. Smoke rises after a US airstrike in Iran Credit: Reuters Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 21 Credit: Reuters Pte Isabella Gonzales, 19, from Texas, and Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Hawaii were killed in an Iranian blitz on the Muwaffaq Salti base in Jordan over the weekend. A third soldier went missing in action during the attack. Unidentified remains have since been found in the area. The third US soldier died in Iraq on Saturday during a “controlled detonation” of an Iranian drone. Most read in The Sun At least three US service members died in the region last weekend Credit: x/CENTCOM Trump has vowed to enact revenge on Tehran Credit: Splash Trump said on Monday following the tragic announcement: “Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!” He said this directive had been passed to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and “every Leader in the Military”. At least 17 US personnel have now been killed in the Iran war since its start on February 28. Despite tit-for-tat strikes seemingly leaving any peace deal further from reality each day, mediators are reportedly working to help pass through a new one. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was now locked in a “full-scale war” with the US. But negotiators are understood to have passed Iran a proposal that would offer a new 10-day ceasefire. On Monday, Iran’s interior minister landed in Pakistan for two days of talks with the country’s prime minister. Meanwhile, chaos in the Strait of Hormuz has continued, with the Houthi rebels – an Iran-backed proxy – vowing to establish its own naval blockade against Saudi Arabia. The terror group claim the move is a response to Saudi strikes on a Houthi-controlled airport in Yemen’s capital last week. In a chilling sign the conflict may be set to escalate, extra F-16 and F-35 fighter jets from European bases, as well as more aerial refuelling tankers, have been deployed to the region. As the now-collapsed peace deal was crumbling last week, Trump received a briefing from ­military chiefs on options to intensify the war. They included capturing Kharg Island, where 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports pass through, or bombing Iranian nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain. Comment now