Eighth night of US-Iran strikes hits military targets
Shafaq News- Washington/ Tehran (Updated at 10:30)
The United States and Iran exchanged strikes for an eighth consecutive night, with Washington targeting Iranian military infrastructure and Tehran claiming retaliatory drone attacks on US military installations in Kuwait.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that American forces struck coastal surveillance systems, air defense positions, maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites it linked to the July 17 attack that killed two US service members in Jordan.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 19, 2026
Iranian media reported US strikes on Qeshm Island, Sirik Port, areas near Hajjiabad, and locations around Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Tasnim News Agency, citing security officials, dismissed reports of attacks on the city of Qom, indicating the province remained calm.
پل محور «رودان - بندرعباس» پس از حمله آمریکاhttps://t.co/TWxo0Nrn3C pic.twitter.com/GawVTeydLS
— خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) July 19, 2026
Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour put the toll from US attacks over the previous three weeks at 50 dead and more than 500 wounded as of July 18.
The IRGC stated that its forces had shot down an MQ-9 drone over Ahvaz in southwestern of the country.
Iran’s Army, according to a statement, launched “retaliatory drone attacks” on two major US military installations in Kuwait, maintaining that suicide drones targeted the Adairi Camp ammunition depot and struck Patriot missile batteries and air surveillance radar systems at Ali Al Salem Air Base, which it identified as the main air transport hub for US forces in West Asia.
📹 ارتش: در مرحله شانزدهم عملیات صاعقه، انبار مهمات ارتش تروریستی آمریکا در اردوگاه العدیری و رادار پاتریوت و رادار هوایی در پایگاه علیالسالم کویت، آماج حملات پرحجم پهپادهای انهدامی قرار گرفت pic.twitter.com/z1N6Wt5X5S
— خبرگزاری تسنیم (@Tasnimnews_Fa) July 19, 2026
Kuwait’s military said its air defense systems intercepted “hostile” missiles and drones following “the Iranian assault,” without immediately providing details on damage or casualties.
تتصدى حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الكويتية لهجمات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة معادية ، إثر العدوان الإيراني الاثم.تنوه رئاسة الأركان العامة للجيش أن أصوات الانفجارات إن سمعت فهي نتيجة اعتراض منظومات الدفاع الجوي للهجمات المعادية.يرجى من الجميع التقيد بتعليمات الأمن والسلامة الصادرة عن… pic.twitter.com/Q2vXG7EQNM
— KUWAIT ARMY - الجيش الكويتي (@KuwaitArmyGHQ) July 19, 2026
Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned that any further “aggression” would prompt “a devastating response,” noting that any US attempt to impose its will on Iran would come at “a heavy price.”
Two US service members were killed a day earlier in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan, bringing the US toll since the war began on February 28 to 16 dead and more than 430 wounded, according to CENTCOM and the Associated Press.
🎥 موشکی که سربازان آمریکایی را به درک فرستادتصاویری بسیار نزدیک و خیرهکننده که توسط یک سرباز آمریکایی ضبط شده است، نشاندهنده اصابت موشکهای ایرانی به پایگاه هوایی موفق السلطی در اردن است. https://t.co/Jaq5pOSt9N pic.twitter.com/IyHW0Y6ABy
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) July 19, 2026
