*The United States has carried out major strikes on Iran for a sixth night in a row, killing at least eight people and wounding 20.

*Officials in southern Iran report that civilian infrastructure, including bridges, airports, power facilities and a train station, has been hit.

*Iran’s army says it has hit US assets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar. Authorities in Qatar said a child was injured by falling missile debris after its army thwarted incoming Iranian attacks.

*A spokesman for Iran’s military says the Strait of Hormuz will never return to its pre-war status, as US Central Command says soldiers boarded a vessel in the Gulf of Oman to enforce its blockade of Iran. (Aljazeera, 2026-07-17)