Overview
- U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces struck about 140 Iranian military sites on Sunday in response to an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Cyprus‑flagged container ship M/V GFS Galaxy was hit, suffered severe engine‑room damage and fire, the crew abandoned ship, India said 10 crew were rescued and one Indian crew member remains missing.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice, said it had disabled a second vessel and launched missile and drone strikes on U.S.‑linked facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
- The exchanges effectively shattered the mid‑June interim ceasefire and paused fragile diplomacy led by Oman and Qatar, exposing gaps in deconfliction mechanisms for commercial transit.
- The shutdown has immediate human and economic effects by raising risks to merchant crews and Gulf civilians and by pushing up insurance and energy market volatility that could disrupt global fuel supplies.