Overview
- The U.S. military did not carry out overnight strikes after 13 consecutive nights of attacks, a pause officials say has helped diplomatic mediators press for talks.
- U.S. Central Command says the naval blockade of Iranian ports remains in full effect and that forces disabled a ship that tried to breach the blockade.
- Fighting has spread beyond the Persian Gulf with Houthi forces claiming strikes on Saudi Red Sea oil sites and Iran accusing Ukraine of hitting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
- U.S. leaders privately weighed further action but raised concerns that renewed large operations could severely deplete Patriot interceptors and other air‑defense munitions.
- The campaign has inflicted thousands of Iranian deaths, disrupted key shipping chokepoints that carry global oil, and prompted intensive mediation by regional actors seeking to prevent a wider war.