Top US commander says campaign against Iran ‘ahead or on plan’

Israeli Home Front Command officers inspect an apartment building struck by an Iranian missile in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday (Maya Levin/AP)

The top commander of the US military’s Central Command said the campaign against Iran is “ahead or on plan,” as the Israeli military began what it called “a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure” early on Monday.

As US President Donald Trump’s deadline on opening the Strait of Hormuz approaches, Iran on Monday threatened to attack Middle East electrical plants powering American military bases.