Overview
- Iran’s IRGC announced a fifth wave of Operation True Promise 4, claiming drone and missile hits on an ammunition ship at the Jebel Ali anchorage, a refuelling support vessel in the Indian Ocean, and a U.S. base in Kuwait, with heavy U.S. casualties alleged but not independently verified.
- Kuwaiti authorities reported a drone incident injuring airport staff and shrapnel wounds to three troops at Ali Al‑Salem air base, while there was no confirmation of the large U.S. losses asserted by Iran.
- U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces struck an Iranian Jamaran‑class corvette at a Chabahar pier and reported three Americans killed and five seriously wounded; it also refuted IRGC claims that the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was hit.
- President Trump said nine Iranian naval ships were destroyed and that Iran’s naval headquarters was largely disabled, framing a broader push to degrade Tehran’s maritime capability; CENTCOM has separately confirmed at least one Iranian warship sunk.
- Maritime tracking and official statements described disrupted shipping near the Strait of Hormuz and regional airspace closures, though a U.S. defense official said some commercial traffic continues to transit the chokepoint.