July 11, 2026 — Daily Digest¶

Status: HORMUZ FORMALLY DECLARED CLOSED BY IRGC — IRAN ATTACKS OMAN (MEDIATOR); LARGEST SINGLE US STRIKE NIGHT¶

Cyprus-flagged, 300-meter container ship attacked on Oman-hugging route
Fire and significant engine room damage; crew abandoned vessel
11 Indian citizens aboard: 10 rescued, 1 missing
IRGC: vessel "disregarded warnings and instructions" to follow Iran's approved route
IRGC struck a second vessel in the Strait the same day

Triggered by GFS Galaxy attack
~140 targets hit with precision munitions from land/sea-based aircraft, drones, naval vessels
Targets: missile/drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage, comms networks, coastal surveillance
Total: 300+ targets across three nights (July 7, 9, 11)
Defense Secretary Hegseth: "Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay."

UAE: First Iranian fire since May 17 Barakah drone incident
Qatar: IRGC fired ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base (major US air base); all intercepted; 3 injured (incl. 1 child) from falling shrapnel over Doha
Kuwait: US radar site struck
Jordan: C2 center, drone hangars at base
Oman Duqm: US carrier support and refueling platforms — Oman is principal mediator
Jordan: 3 missiles fell without casualties
This is the widest single volley of the renewed hostilities

Mohsen Rezaee (IRGC): "This strategic passage is more important than dozens of atomic bombs, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will protect it"
Iran's UN ambassador Iravani: "all activity in the strait, including reopening the shipping lane or demining, rests exclusively with Iran"
CENTCOM: commercial transits continue; US forces facilitated 800+ vessels and 400 million barrels of crude through strait since early May
Lloyd's List Intelligence: no vessels >10,000 dwt transited with AIS on since July 7

Vowed revenge for elder Khamenei's killing "is the will of our nation and must certainly be carried out" — coming "soon"
37-year-old remains unseen since March 8 appointment — no video, no image

Ambassador Huckabee: Israel shared intelligence on Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
Trump: "Israel came up with nothing"; US would "completely decimate and destroy" Iran if assassination attempted
WSJ: some US officials believed Israeli warning was not credible — shared to prompt Washington to resume full-scale war with Iran

Saudi Arabia condemned "repeated Iranian violations" of neighboring states' sovereignty
UAE, Qatar, Egypt also condemned strikes
Bahrain's UN ambassador: Tehran exploited diplomacy to "manage crises and gain time" while violating Islamabad MOU