Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it completed an eighth consecutive night of air and sea strikes on Iranian coastal surveillance, air‑defence, maritime and missile and drone storage sites to punish IRGC units after attacks on American forces.
- Iran responded with missile and kamikaze drone strikes on U.S. military installations and allied facilities in the Gulf, with Iranian state media reporting strikes on Camp Udairi and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and attacks reported in Jordan and Bahrain.
- U.S. officials confirmed several recent service‑member deaths linked to the campaign, including two killed in an Iranian strike on a Jordanian base and a service member who died in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone, bringing U.S. fatalities in the wider conflict to roughly the mid‑teens by some counts.
- Tehran announced it has suspended its commitments under the interim Islamabad memorandum of understanding, ending the fragile diplomatic off‑ramp as mediators try to prevent further escalation and the U.S. enforces a naval blockade.
- The fighting has damaged civilian infrastructure such as desalination and power facilities, sharply reduced commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz, pushed energy and shipping risk premiums higher, and prompted U.S. repositioning of aerial refuelling assets that could support broader operations.