{"id":686041,"date":"2026-01-10T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686041\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:09:10","slug":"the-explosions-keep-going-how-air-strikes-paved-the-way-for-us-maduro-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686041\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The explosions keep going&#8217; &#8211; how air strikes paved the way for US Maduro raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sm-text__text\">US bombers unleashed their opening salvo around 01:57, one eyewitness told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe windows on my door shook,\u201d one of them told the BBC. \u201cI got up to see from my window, thinking something heavy had fallen in my backyard\u2026 and immediately I heard the second explosion of what I think was a missile, impacting. I could see the reflection of the flames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Footage confirmed by BBC Verify showed strikes at seven sites around Caracas and the neighbouring states. The bombardment reportedly lasted for around 30 minutes, though secondary explosions continued until shortly before 04:00, a Caracas resident said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us were scared and distressed,\u201d one young mother told the BBC. \u201cWe were watching the sky to see if anything was approaching our home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 150 aircraft were involved in the operation, according to US officials, including fighter jets, bombers and helicopters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US bombers unleashed their opening salvo around 01:57, one eyewitness told the BBC. \u201cThe windows on my door&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,21994,21995,21993,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-686041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-visual-journalism","10":"tag-visualjournalism","11":"tag-vj","12":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115869081167295137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}