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Iran live updates: US service member killed, another wounded, CENTCOM says

17 U.S. service members have been killed since the war in Iran began.

Last Updated: July 19, 2026, 5:09 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

6:12 AM EDT

IRGC claims to have intercepted 4 ships in Strait of Hormuz

In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have intercepted four commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the early hours of Sunday.

The IRGC said all four ships turned off their navigation systems and ignored IRGC warnings with the "support of American" forces. "Two of them had an accident and stopped in place, and the other two refused to continue the route," the statement said.

The IRGC claimed that its navy was in "complete control" of the Strait.

This file photo shows vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on July 17, 2026.
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-ABC News' Claire Bower

5:24 AM EDT

Bahrain sounds air raid sirens amid fresh Iranian attacks

Bahrain's Interior Ministry on Sunday morning confirmed that air alert sirens had sounded in the Gulf kingdom, urging residents "to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

The Bahrain Defence Force later confirmed that Iran had launched fresh aerial attacks on the kingdom.

2:40 AM EDT

Kuwait 'repelling missile and drone attacks' from Iran, army says

The Kuwait Armed Forces' headquarters said in a post to X on Sunday morning that the Gulf nation's air defenses were "repelling missile and drone attacks in response to Iran's heinous aggression."

12:06 AM EDT

US completes 8th night of strikes against Iran

U.S. forces completed an eighth consecutive night of strikes targeting Iran, U.S. Central Command said in a statement late Saturday.

"During the eighth consecutive night of U.S strikes, CENTCOM forces successfully hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities," CENTCOM said in the statement. "American military assets also targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces that launched attacks against U.S. service members in Jordan on July 17."

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