US military says latest strikes on Iran last two hours, hitting dozens of targets

By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward

WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, which lasted two hours and hit dozens of targets, with Washington casting the strikes as a "powerful response" to Iranian missiles launched towards U.S. forces in the Middle East a day earlier.

The U.S. military said on Tuesday it intercepted multiple ballistic missiles ​launched by Iran towards U.S. forces in what Washington called ‌"an attempted surprise attack" by Tehran. Iran confirmed it had fired on U.S. bases in Jordan. ...