Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after two days of attempted missile attacks on a U.S. warship, with crews ordered off the vessels before strikes took place.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced missile strikes on the Al Azraq base in Jordan and attacks on multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, while Jordan said its defenses intercepted 18 of 20 incoming ballistic missiles.
- Tehran claimed it captured an advanced U.S. underwater drone during operations in the Strait; U.S. officials acknowledged a drone suffered a malfunction in the area but said it was an older model.
- Maritime agencies and ship trackers reported several incidents to commercial vessels, at least one confirmed fatality on the tanker Hercules, and a marked drop in transits through Hormuz that pushed Brent crude above $100 per barrel.
- Washington announced fresh sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector as the conflict spreads through proxies and allied groups, and Iran declared a new exclusion zone in parts of the Gulf of Oman that could further limit shipping and raise the chance of more strikes.