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The United States and Iran exchanged missile strikes and airstrikes Sunday, as an interim ceasefire signed a month earlier collapsed amid an escalating struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway that carries a fifth of the world's oil supply.The US military said it had completed an eighth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, aimed at degrading Tehran's ability to threaten shipping in the strait and to "swiftly punish" Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blamed for attacks on American troops in Jordan. Central Command said the latest wave hit Iranian coastal surveillance and air defence facilities.The escalation followed confirmation that two US service members were killed in Jordan on Friday, with a third listed as missing in action. That brought the confirmed US military death toll to 16 since the war began on February 28, when Washington and Israel launched strikes intended to disable Iran's nuclear and missile programmes.More than 420 US personnel have been wounded. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deaths would only "stiffen" American resolve.Iran's health ministry said 50 people had been killed and more than 500 wounded by US strikes over the past three weeks alone. Thousands have died and several million been displaced across the wider conflict, which has also reignited fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.Iran said it targeted two US bases in Kuwait, at Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, in retaliation. Kuwait's electricity ministry reported a desalination and power plant had been struck for a second consecutive day, sparking a fire. Bahrain's air defences said they intercepted a separate Iranian attack, while Jordan's military said it shot down three missiles after air raid sirens sounded nationwide. Israel's military said it had detected missiles fired towards the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, near its border, and that Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted at least one. Jordan summoned Iran's charge d'affaires to protest what it called "brutal and unjustified" attacks on its territory.Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation accused the US of striking the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear plant in the country's southwest, calling it unlawful. The IAEA said it was investigating but noted the site held no nuclear material and remained in early construction. Director Rafael Grossi renewed his call for military restraint near nuclear-related sites.The Revolutionary Guards said it had stopped two vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an "unsafe route," while two others abandoned the attempt, as Washington enforces a naval blockade on Iranian ports and Tehran polices shipping through the strait.In a statement carried by state media, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei — whose whereabouts remain unconfirmed since his father's killing in the war's opening strikes — said Washington's commitments were "utterly worthless" and warned of "even heavier costs" ahead. Senior military officials echoed the threat of a "decisive and devastating response" if US strikes continue. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. 

Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a near standstill ‌on Thursday, according to data and sources, as shipping risks escalated after the ​US renewed airstrikes on Iran, ‌triggering retaliation by Tehran in the Gulf.Just two tankers had so far sailed ‌through the strait ⁠in the early hours ‌of Thursday. They included the crude ‌supertanker Berg 1, which had loaded at Iran's Kharg Island and is subject to US sanctions, ⁠according to analysis from Kpler.The Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker Well Sail, also transited the strait, Kpler analysis showed. Its previous loading destination was near Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, according to LSEG ship tracking data.Shipping industry sources said vessels were increasingly switching off their public AIS tracking transponders, making it harder to see all of the ships crossing."Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has essentially stopped, which tells you more about ​risk perception right now than any statement from Washington or Tehran," Jorge Leon, head of geopolitical analysis at Rystad Energy, wrote in a report.Iranian armed forces launched attacks ‌on US military infrastructure in neighbouring Gulf ⁠states on Thursday ​in response to US strikes on Iran's southern coastal and eastern provinces, putting further ​strain on a three-week-old truce.The latest flare-up in the four-month conflict began earlier this week with attacks on three tankers in the strait that the US blamed on Tehran.Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Thursday that US attacks on Iran and intervention in redirecting shipping were disrupting the strait's gradual reopening, warning that any further US intervention would draw a "crushing response".The Strait of Hormuz handled about a fifth of global oil supplies before the war erupted on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes against Iran.Daily traffic in the past two weeks had risen to its highest levels since ‌the war's outbreak, averaging 40 ships ‌transiting the strait, which was still ⁠far off the pre-conflict average of 125 to 140 daily sailings.Some war underwriters have ⁠advised shipping companies to pause voyages through the strait while others are reviewing their policy terms after the renewed vessel attacks, insurance industry sources told Reuters."The Hormuz reopening story looks more fragile after the latest escalation," ship broker Clarksons said in a report."As recent incidents have shown, the (marine war) market is now facing the prospect of potentially severe losses involving vessels of substantial ‌value," said one marine ​war underwriter, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation. 

Israeli air force launched new airstrikes on various areas in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing three people and injuring several others.According to Lebanon's National News Agency, an Israeli drone strike targeted the town of Jibchit, killing one person, while another strike targeted the town of Loubiyeh in the Sidon district, killing one person and injuring another.The Agency added that an Israeli drone also struck the town of Ansar, killing a paramedic and wounding four other people.According to the latest official figures, the death toll from the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon has risen to 3,371 people, with an additional 10,129 injured.

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed four people Wednesday, including an Al Jazeera journalist, local health authorities said and the the television network reported.The strike that killed Al Jazeera's Muhammad Washah targeted a vehicle ‌he and one other Palestinian, who was also killed, were driving along ​the coastal road in Gaza ‌City, health authorities said. In February 2024, at the height of Israel's ‌war in Gaza, ⁠the military accused Washah ‌of being a member of Hamas' ‌military wing.At the time, Hamas and Al Jazeera denied that Washah had any affiliation with the group. Israel's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his killing.Al Jazeera, which also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, reported on its Arabic-language TV channel that he ​was killed in a drone strike.The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza condemned Washah's killing.TWO OTHERS KILLED IN GAZAIn a separate incident in Gaza, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed two ‌people in the central Gaza ⁠Strip, without providing details. ​There was no immediate comment from Israel's military on the incident.Israel and ​Hamas reached a US-brokered deal last October that was meant to halt violence in the Palestinian territory. Both sides accuse each other of breaching the agreement.Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the deal was struck. Israel says four soldiers have been killed by fighters during the same period.Israel has previously killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank.In August 2025, Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed along with four other colleagues in an Israeli airstrike.In May 2022, Israeli troops shot dead Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a ⁠US-Palestinian citizen, while she was covering ⁠a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. The military said an investigation into that incident concluded she was likely killed by unintentional fire by its forces.The Committee to Protect Journalists has said it has documented 223 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel. Among those killed were journalists working for Reuters.The CPJ says Israel has never held anyone accountable in the killings of journalists by its military. An Israel Defence Forces spokesperson said the military has targeted only combatants and military sites, avoided civilians and journalists, and warned that staying in active combat zones carries inherent risks despite efforts to minimise harm.The military has ‌alleged at times, without ​providing verifiable evidence, that some journalists were killed because of their links to Hamas, which their news organisations denied. 

An Israeli airstrike killed at least three people including a child in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, local health authorities said, the latest ‌violence jeopardising the ceasefire which has been under strain ​during the Israeli-US war ‌against Iran.Medics said the airstrike targeted a vehicle ‌in the ⁠western area of ‌Khan Younis, south of the ‌enclave, killing three people, including a child, and wounding 12 other ⁠people. There was no immediate Israeli comment.Israel's military has continued to strike Gaza during the regional war with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. On Sunday it killed 12 people in Gaza, including nine police officers in one strike that Israel said targeted a Hamas cell. The military has cited threats ​or fire from Hamas as the reason for its attacks.Israel's assault has since killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, Gaza's health authorities say, ‌including more than 670 since a ⁠ceasefire was ​reached last October. Gaza health officials said at least ​40 people have been killed by Israeli fire since the US and Israel launched joint attacks on Iran at the end of February.Three sources told Reuters on Monday that envoys from US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace” have met representatives of Hamas in Cairo in an effort to safeguard the October Gaza ceasefire, which has come under serious strain.A Palestinian official with knowledge of the Cairo ‌talks said that Hamas believed ‌Israel was exploiting the ⁠war on Iran to slip away from its obligations under ⁠Trump's plan. Israel rejects this.Israel ⁠and Hamas have traded blame for ceasefire violations.Separately, Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian and wounded another in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, health officials said Tuesday.Rights groups and medics say Israeli settlers are taking advantage of curbs on movement imposed during the US-Israeli war on Iran to attack Palestinians in the West Bank, with military roadblocks preventing ambulances from reaching victims quickly.Settlers have killed at least five Palestinians in the West Bank since the Iran war began on February 28, ‌according to the Palestinian ​health ministry. 

Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun strongly condemned Israeli airstrikes carried out yesterday by land and sea on Sidon area in southern Lebanon and on towns in the Bekaa Valley in the east.In a statement issued by the Lebanese Presidency on Saturday, Aoun said the strikes constitute a new violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and a clear breach of international commitments. He added that they reflect a disregard for the will of the international community, particularly United Nations resolutions calling for full compliance with Resolution 1701 in all its provisions.He described the continued attacks as "a clear act of aggression" aimed at undermining Lebanon's diplomatic efforts with partner and friendly nations, foremost among them the United States, to consolidate stability and halt Israeli hostilities against Lebanon.The Lebanese president renewed his call on countries sponsoring regional stability "to assume their responsibilities to immediately stop the attacks and exert pressure to ensure respect for international resolutions," in a manner that preserves Lebanon's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity and prevents further escalation and tension in the region.The Israeli strikes carried out yesterday on southern Lebanon and parts of the Bekaa Valley left at least 10 people dead and several others injured. 

At least 25 Palestinians were killed in four Israeli airstrikes Wednesday in a part of Gaza under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said. Medics said 10 people were killed in the Gaza City suburb of Zeitoun, two in Shejaia suburb to the east and the rest in two separate attacks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.**media[383862]**The Israeli military said its forces struck Hamas targets across Gaza after members of the Palestinian fighters fired on its troops in violation of the nearly six-week-old ceasefire. No Israeli forces were injured. Repeated shooting incidents have pointed to the fragility of the ceasefire.Israel and Hamas have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce, the first stage of President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for a post-war Gaza. All three attacks were far beyond an agreed-upon imaginary "yellow line" separating the areas under Israeli and Palestinian control, according to medics, witnesses and Palestinian media.**media[383863]**The Zeitoun attack was on a building belonging to Muslim religious authorities and the Khan Younis attack was on a UN-run club, both of which house displaced families. The October 10 ceasefire in the two-year Gaza war has eased the conflict, enabling hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to Gaza’s ruins.Israel has pulled troops back from city positions, and aid flows have increased. But violence has not completely halted. Palestinian health authorities say Israeli forces have killed 305 people in strikes on Gaza since the truce, nearly half of them in one day last week when Israel retaliated for an attack on its troops. Israel says three of its soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire began.

Two people were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon.According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), an Israeli drone strike targeted two brothers from the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa, hitting their car on the road connecting Ain Atta to Shebaa, on the western slopes of Mount Hermon in eastern Lebanon.NNA reported that the strike set their vehicle on fire, killing both men.A ceasefire agreement in south Lebanon came into effect on November 27 last year, stipulating the withdrawal of Israeli forces from border villages and towns in south Lebanon within 60 days.Subsequently, Beirut government extended the deadline until February 18, but Israeli occupation forces remained stationed at five locations and continued to carry out violations.

New clashes broke out on Wednesday between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the Durand Line between the two countries, following recent airstrikes and rising tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. Afghanistan's Khaama Press said that clashes also erupted in Shorabak district of Kandahar province and continued into early Tuesday morning. Neither Kabul nor Islamabad has released official figures on casualties or damage. The latest border confrontation follows Pakistani airstrikes last week targeting areas in Kabul and Paktika provinces.

One person was killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon. In a statement, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that an Israeli airstrike on the Musaylih area killed one person and injured seven others. Lebanon calls on the international community to pressure the Israeli entity to end its daily attacks, withdraw unconditionally from all occupied territories in the south, and release the detainees. On Nov. 27 of last year, a ceasefire deal came into effect in Lebanon. The agreement required Israeli forces to withdraw from border villages and towns in southern Lebanon within 60 days. Later, the Lebanese government agreed to extend the deadline until last February. However, the occupation army has maintained its positions at five points and continues its violations there.

A number of Palestinians were killed as a result of violent airstrikes launched by the Israeli occupation forces on multiple areas in Gaza City over the past two hours, coinciding with intense drone flights over the city. Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported local sources as saying that drones targeted a group of people in Al-Jalaa Street in central Gaza City, resulting in the killing of dozens of Palestinians and wounding others. These airstrikes come despite US President Donald Trump's earlier call on Israel to immediately stop its bombardment of Gaza. The call followed Hamas' announcement of its acceptance of President Trump's proposal to end the war in the Strip and its willingness to release all hostages as part of the exchange formula included in the proposal. Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital said that emergency and civil defense crews recovered the bodies of five slain Palestinians from under the rubble of a house that was targeted last night in the western part of Gaza City.

Six Palestinians were killed and others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that two children were killed, and eight others were injured after an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced persons in Al Mawasi area, northwest of Khan Yunis. Meanwhile, Israeli artillery continued its intense shelling and gunfire from the north of Khan Yunis. Four people were killed as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in Al Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, while others were injured in another Israeli drone that targeted a house in the same neighborhood. At the same time, Israeli occupation forces detonated two booby-trapped armored vehicles, destroying civilian homes in Al Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 66,225, in addition to the injury of 168,938 people.