Overview
- Pentagon leaders said Tuesday would feature the heaviest strikes of the campaign, with Gen. Dan Caine citing more than 5,000 targets hit and over 50 Iranian naval vessels destroyed as forces also target mine‑laying ships and depots.
- Iran kept up regional attacks, with officials reporting interceptions over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, a fatal strike in Bahrain, and a drone attack that triggered a fire at the UAE’s Ruwais industrial complex, prompting a precautionary refinery shutdown.
- The IRGC vowed to block Gulf oil shipments until bombing stops, while the U.S. weighed options to escort tankers and France moved to deploy naval assets to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Trump alternately said the war was ahead of schedule and nearly complete and warned Iran of far harsher retaliation if it disrupts oil flows, comments that helped drive sharp swings in global oil prices.
- The deadly Minab school incident remains under investigation after video geolocated by Bellingcat appeared to show a Tomahawk strike near the school, contradicting Trump’s public suggestion that an Iranian missile was to blame, and U.S. officials confirmed a probe is underway.