- Trump on Iran: "We hit them very hard again tonight, and we did that in honor of the probably three great patriots." "Those great patriots were out there fighting [so] that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon." "Iran has been very, very badly damaged. They've lost everything almost militarily... We control the Strait; they don't control anything."
-The U.S. announced that it has launched a wave of strikes in Iran. for first time strikes are also being carried out in the north of the country. At the same time, the Iranians continue to fire towards Kuwait and northern Iraq.
- False alarm some sirens went off in the Gaza Envelope area.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu in an unusual statement: "There is a possibility that we will find ourselves in an unusual security situation."
- Report CH 14: The U.S. has updated Israel that it intends to escalate the attacks on Iran in the coming days.
-The US is deploying additional F-35s and F-16s to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates -American officials to the NYT
- CENTCOM confirmed additional U.S. military casualties following Iranian attacks in Jordan and Iraq. Two U.S. service members were killed and one remains missing after an Iranian attack in Jordan on July 17. Unidentified remains were later recovered at the site and are undergoing examination.
- A new Qatari proposal has been presented to halt the exchange of blows between the US and Iran. The US will cease its attacks in exchange for Iran opening TWO shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz for 10 days. In the West, skepticism remains about accepting the proposal as is, with some saying the US will not be satisfied with just 10 days.
- The Israeli Prime Minister's Office rejected Zohran Mamdani's criticism, arguing that the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel, dismissing its arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu as illegitimate, and suggesting former ICC prosecutor Karim Khan issued it to deflect attention from misconduct allegations. The statement also defended Israel's conduct in the war against Hamas and accused Mamdani of attacking Israel while ignoring problems in New York
- The IDF says interceptor fragments fell in an open area near the southern city of Eilat earlier, amid an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Jordan
- Israel Defense Minister Katz: "We have made it clear that if Iran fires missiles at Israel, we will strike it with force, without any outside approval or conditions.
- IDF fires interceptors over Eilat as US downs Iranian missiles targeting nearby Aqaba in Jordan
- Jordan’s military says it intercepted three Iranian missiles targeting the kingdom, while a fourth landed in a remote area.
Unconfirmed reports that Iranian Missile fragments also fell in Israel territory.
- Missiles launched from Iran at Jordan’s southern city of Aqaba a short while ago were intercepted by American air defense systems, according to initial IDF assessments.
The IDF launched Iron Dome interceptors amid the missile attack to shoot down fragments that had potentially threatened the nearby city of Eilat.
- Israeli Senior security official: The Revolutionary Guards are not fools; they launch missiles at Aqaba in Jordan knowing that a slight deviation of the missile - the strike will be in Israeli territory.
According to Saudi channel Al-Hadath, citing an Israeli security source: “Mojtaba Khamenei is not in Iran.
- Al-Hadath reports from an Israeli source:
The internal disputes inside Iran constitute an existential threat to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
-The US does not want Israel to join the campaign - even if Iran attacks Israel.
-Iran planned to eliminate Israeli officials to avenge the elimnation of Khamenei.
- Trump: Republicans should add Iran to the Russian Sanctions Bill. That’s what Lindsey wanted to do, and it was going to happen. IMPORTANT!!! President DJT
- Jordan closed its air and sea ports following a "specific and imminent threat"
- WSJ: Iran has adapted to U.S. attacks, launching missiles that travel at very high speeds and can maneuver as they fly toward Earth, according to U.S. officials. Iran’s ability to hit sensitive targets has also raised concerns that the regime is receiving targeting assistance from China or Russia, U.S. officials said
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the strike that eliminated Iranian leader Ali Khamenei at the start of the war: Holding meetings in those days was not unusual, but the fact that the enemy knew about the meetings was the result of an intelligence breach that apparently still exists and has not been resolved
Fragments fell in Jordan as seen from Eilat