Escalation: U.S. strikes Iranian missile and drone sites

U.S. forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on June 26. Six land-based aircraft hit four targets along the Strait of Hormuz, including on Qeshm Island.

The strikes followed a drone attack a day earlier on the Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely off Oman. One drone hit the ship, damaging the upper works, but the crew was unhurt and the vessel continued.

These were the first U.S. attacks on Iran since the ceasefire was extended the prior week. A U.N.-backed effort to evacuate trapped ships through an alternative route along Oman paused after the incident, with roughly 115 vessels having cleared the area and about 500 still waiting to leave.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources