American military forces launched their next round of strikes Wednesday on Iranian military targets, marking the 12th consecutive day the United States has conducted strikes amid the conflict in the Middle East.

"At 5:30 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chief's direction," the United States Central Command said on X, "The mission will continue to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters."

Fighting in the region resumed last week after negotiations failed to end the conflict, which was in a state of nominal ceasefire for months. In June, the countries signed a memorandum of understanding extending the ceasefire by 60 days.

The latest attack comes after four American service members died in the conflict recently, including one who was killed over the weekend while detonating an Iranian drone. The other three died Friday in strikes in Jordan.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.