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Saudi Arabia is weighing a ground campaign in Yemen to break the Houthi Red Sea blockade, while a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz and the G7 moved to release diesel stocks. Two Iranian men were charged in the UK over an alleged Yom Kippur plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community, and Iraq granted Iranian airlines 40 daily Najaf flights after a US waiver.

The US launched a sixth consecutive night of strikes on Iran, expanding targets to areas near Tehran for the first time, while Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. President Trump is reportedly considering a ground operation to seize Iranian islands in the Strait of Hormuz and strikes on the Pickaxe nuclear site. Iran declared the June 17 peace deal void and claimed full freedom of action against US aggression.

US forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites after shooting down four Iranian drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by firing seven ballistic missiles at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, with CENTCOM intercepting six. In Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike killed several Lebanese Army troops, including an officer, while Hezbollah claimed 32 attacks on Israeli forces. In the West Bank, the IDF killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in Hebron, prompting an investigation.