The United States launched a fresh wave of airstrikes against Iranian military and port targets late Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump declared the fragile ceasefire effectively dead. The strikes, announced by U.S. Central Command, aimed to degrade Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, following Iranian strikes on three tankers earlier in the week. Trump posted a warning on social media, framing the U.S. action as payback for those ship attacks and cautioning that further Iranian aggression would bring harsher consequences. Iranian state media reported explosions across several southern port cities, and Iran’s paramilitary forces responded by targeting U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. The escalation threatens to reignite a broader conflict that had been paused by an interim deal, raising global concerns over energy shipments through the strategic waterway.