Latest Updates: Iran launches new attacks on U.S. allies after 3 American troops killed in escalating war

Hours after meeting with the Lebanese president, President Trump said in a Truth Social post his administration will allow U.S. airlines to offer direct flights to and from Lebanon "so that Americans can easily visit this beautiful land."

The federal government first suspended direct air services between the U.S. and Lebanon in 1985, shortly after the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines flight. The ban was partially lifted in 2007, allowing American carriers to fly to Lebanon under federal government contracts.

The announcement came as the Trump administration presses for a resolution in the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon — a conflict that Iran says must be paused as part of any wider U.S.-Iran deal. 

Tuesday was the first day of a U.S.-brokered plan for Israel's military to withdraw from portions of southern Lebanon that it has occupied, handing control of those "pilot zones" to the Lebanese armed forces. The plan faces some early issues, with Lebanon accusing Israeli forces of firing at its troops, while Israel said it only fired warning shots.

Mr. Trump's senior Middle East adviser, Massad Boulos, told reporters following the president's meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that "things are progressing" in the pilot zone plan, which he called a "brilliant concept." 

A key part of the arrangement is for Hezbollah to disarm in the pilot zones, an idea that Hezbollah has long resisted and Lebanon has historically struggled to enforce.

"There are two aspects. There's the disarmament, and then there's the withdrawal. And they go hand-in-hand, step-by-step, in sequence," said Boulos, who is also the father-in-law of Mr. Trump's daughter, Tiffany.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran and the region, including a desalination plant and nuclear power plant under construction, "unacceptable" and a violation of international law, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.

Attacks on vital infrastructure for civilians, including hospitals and water supplies, must stop immediately, the secretary-general's spokesman said.

The secretary-general and his personal envoy, Jean Arnault, call the current situation "teetering," and don't want to see a return to full-scale conflict, he said.

Guterres reiterated there is no military solution to the conflict and calls for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and intensified efforts toward a peaceful settlement, Dujarric said.

The beginning of Lebanon's move into taking responsibility for security in the southern part of the country has gotten off to a rocky start on Tuesday.

Israel and Lebanon have traded accusations over gunfire that broke out as the Lebanon army moved into a "pilot zone" as part of the trilateral deal negotiated between the two sides and the U.S. in June.

The Israeli army was to slowly withdraw from certain designated zones in southern Lebanon and allow the Lebanese Armed Forces to stop Hezbollah from gaining a foothold in those areas. 

But Lebanon accused Israel of opening fire on Lebanese troops moving into the zone on Tuesday even though the Israel Defense Forces acknowledged the beginning of the pilot program. Israel responded that they opened fire after the Lebanese forces breached a barrier "contrary to the understandings between parties."

"IDF soldiers operating in the area fired warning shots into the air only, which did not endanger the Lebanese Armed Forces personnel, in order to distance them from the area," the IDF said in a statement. "The Lebanese Armed Forces personnel withdrew from the area, and no injuries were reported."

But Lebanon countered, saying Israel "opened fire in close proximity to them, which exposed the soldiers to danger and hindered the execution of the mission entrusted to them."

"The Israeli occupation army must address any issues through the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L) and through the approved coordination and communication channels, instead of carrying out attacks," the Lebanese army said in a statement.

President Trump said the U.S. will be striking Pickaxe Mountain, an alleged nuclear storage facility, though he wouldn't confirm whether they believe centrifuges have been moved to the location.

"It doesn't mean anything unless they have the material," Mr. Trump said. "They don't have– we follow the material. That's where the action is." 

"And we'll be hitting that area very– probably pretty soon," the president threatened.

He also said he wouldn't usually warn Iran, but there was "not a thing they can do about it."

"If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that," Mr. Trump said. "But we'll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily."

When an Iranian missile hits its intended target, it's because U.S. air defenses either failed to intercept it, or failed to even see it coming in the first place.

"One leaked through," is how Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Iranian attack on an air base in Jordan that killed two U.S. soldiers and left one missing in action on Friday.

One veteran regional military analyst told CBS News that part of the reason for the rising American toll is that Tehran has upped its game.

"The Iranians have advanced missile technology," said Jordanian Lt. Gen. Qasid Mahmoud, who served as deputy chief of staff for his country's armed forces before he retired. "They're developing techniques and capacities to extend their reach, combining with drones to overwhelm radar defenses."

"The Iranians use simple missiles to distract the radar," Mahmoud, who has studied Iran's military capabilities for years, told CBS News. "They then fire better quality missiles, which change their final target in the last 30 or 40 kilometers." 

That change in trajectory, he said, makes it harder to intercept the missiles.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson deferred when asked Tuesday if he would bring a vote to the floor on the War Powers Act, but said the war needs to end and the U.S. should be getting support in ending it.

"I don't think an [Authorization for Use of Military Force vote] is in order right now," he said, referring to the vote that would officially authorize President Trump to declare war. "I think we need to bring this to a resolution. I think it's important for all of our international partners, this is my personal view, to have a role in this."

He continued, "It shouldn't just be America's obligation. My view is that everybody needs to play a role."

The Trump administration, and Mr. Trump himself, has previously said he doesn't need the approval of Congress to continue the war with Iran. Johnson said he believes politicians should "allow the space" for the administration to negotiate an end to the war.

"I know that this administration is working around the clock to resolve that in a way, so they don't suffer any more troop losses," he added.

Johnson called the deaths of U.S. service members over the weekend a "great tragedy" that "shouldn't happen." 

But he reiterated the U.S. needs to ensure that Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon. 

"That would be a disaster for everybody, and everybody around the world understands that," Johnson said. "Now we gotta wrap it up."

As President Trump touted his "good relationship" with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, he said the pair would be discussing how to support Lebanon's army as it works to disarm Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.

When asked if he would speak directly with Hezbollah officials, Mr. Trump said he would.

"I would speak to Hezbollah. I speak to everybody," Mr. Trump said. "I speak to people a lot of people think I shouldn't be speaking to, and things work out."

Pointing to Aoun, Mr. Trump said "if the president wanted me to speak to Hezbollah … you know he's lived with Hezbollah for a long time, and if the president wanted me to speak to Hezbollah, I would." 

President Trump spoke briefly Tuesday about recent Iranian attacks on bases in Jordan, including the strike on Friday that killed two U.S. soldiers and left a third missing action, and he indicated that there were "other operators" at the base that "let something through."  

"They did slip something through in Jordan, and we had other operators," Mr. Trump said, adding that, "we have the best equipment in the world, you know, we've stopped almost everything."

"But when you let other people do your job with the United States, we let other people do the job, and sometimes it doesn't work out so well," he said, without offering any further information. 

Asked Tuesday how Iran managed to hit the southern Jordanian air base on Friday, killing the soldiers, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins told CBS News that U.S. and partner forces had "defeated dozens of missiles and drones launched by Iran toward neighboring Gulf countries on July 17, but unfortunately a few got through and made impact."

The U.S. Army released a photo on Tuesday of the American soldier killed in northern Iraq over the weekend, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton.

The 30-year-old from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was "killed in action during a controlled detonation" of a drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement.

The Pentagon statement said Swinton was killed on Sunday, while a U.S. Central Command statement – which specified the downed drone was Iranian – said he was killed on Saturday.

The incident remains under investigation.

In remarks to reporters on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: "They were decommissioning ammunition and an accident happened in that process and they were harmed."

Swinton was part of D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Pentagon has also released photos of two other soldiers who were killed over the weekend. The soldiers were identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, who was killed Saturday, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, who was killed Friday. Both were stationed at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.  

President Trump said Tuesday that there was currently no blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb strait or the Red Sea, despite at least five commercial vessels appearing to turn back from the vital shipping chokepoint in the Middle East under a threat from Iran's powerful Houthi rebel allies in Yemen.

Speaking at the White House alongside Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Mr. Trump said a blockade in the Red Sea was possible, but "so far it hasn't happened."

"It might happen," Mr. Trump said, adding that if it did, "we take care of things. If something like that happens, we take care of that."

The Houthis declared on Monday that they would block Saudi Arabian ships and vessels transporting Saudi energy products from using the Bab el-Mandeb, which is the southern gateway to the Red Sea.

In a note posted on social media Tuesday, maritime tracking firm MarineTraffic.com noted that some vessels appeared to be heeding the Houthi warning.

"According to #MarineTraffic data, the first operational response to heightened security risks in the Red Sea is now visible. Two laden crude tankers, the Singapore flagged XIN LONG YANG and the Liberia flagged RODOS, have altered their planned voyages after departing Saudi Arabia," the company said.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for restraint from all sides in the Iran war during a meeting Tuesday with Iran's visiting interior minister, Sharif's office said.

The Pakistani leader "urged all sides to exercise restraint and refrain from actions that could further destabilize the region," his office said in a statement cited by the AFP news agency.

Sharif had told Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni that Pakistan would continue to act as a mediator between the U.S. and Iran.

Momeni's counterpart, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, said he was optimistic the talks would bring progress, according to The Associated Press news agency. 

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At least five vessels, including several laden with Saudi crude oil, made u-turns before reaching the Bab el-Mandeb strait to exit or enter the Red Sea on Tuesday, CBS News has confirmed based on tracking data. The turnarounds came after Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels vowed to block Saudi-linked ships from using the strait.

Maritime tracking data show at least four tankers and a cargo ship turned around Tuesday before reaching the Bab el-Mandeb, which is the southern gateway to the Red Sea. Two of them are listed as crude tankers carrying oil. Both were traveling from Saudi Arabian ports, one with a listed destination in China and the other Pakistan.

Another vessel is listed as a laden oil or chemical tanker traveling from Saudi Arabia to Oman. The fourth vessel is a vehicle carrier without cargo, meant to be traveling from Saudi Arabia to Sri Lanka. The fifth is an empty crude oil carrier coming from Myanmar that turned around near the Yemeni island of Socotra, near the Gulf of Aden.

On Monday, the Houthis said they would impose a blockade against Saudi Arabia, threatening to block ships associated with the kingdom from using the Bab el-Mandeb strait to get between the ports of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and the waters of the Arabian sea and beyond. 

The Bab el-Mandeb strait is a crucial transit point for global energy supplies, much like the Strait of Hormuz. With the Strait of Hormuz largely blocked due to Iran's threats and attacks, Saudi Arabia has relied on a pipeline to get its oil to Red Sea ports for export – the route the Houthis are now threatening.

The Saudi military has vowed to keep the Bab el-Mandeb strait open.

The Kuwaiti army said Tuesday that it was intercepting new Iranian attacks, as a reporter for the AFP news agency reported hearing explosions.

"Kuwaiti air defense is currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks as part of the heinous Iranian aggression," the Kuwaiti army said in a statement posted on X. 

"The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they are the result of the air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks," they added.

Earlier, Bahraini authorities sounded air alert sirens after the country's military said it had intercepted incoming Iranian weapons.

Kuwaiti authorities said Tuesday that Iranian attacks damaged electrical power stations and water desalination plants in the tiny Persian Gulf nation the previous evening, forcing some power plants to be taken offline amid repairs.

The fourth consecutive day of "fierce Iranian aggression attacks" caused fires to break out Monday evening at an unspecified number of facilities, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said in a statement, adding that teams managed to bring the fires under control and damage assessments were carried out.

"Teams are working to implement plans to repair the damage and rehabilitate the facilities," the ministry said. "A number of generation units have been taken out of service in accordance with standard precautionary operational procedures, out of concern for equipment safety and the stability of the electrical and water systems." 

The Lebanese army announced Tuesday that it had begun deploying to an area in the country's south, one of three "pilot zones" outlined in a deal with Israel from which Israeli forces are to withdraw and be replaced by Lebanese soldiers. 

The announcement came with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun visiting Washington, which brokered the deal in late June, for a meeting with President Trump.

Israel invaded southern Lebanon as part of its war with Iranian-backed Hezbollah, and it has continued to occupy an area that stretches six-miles beyond its border despite a ceasefire, saying it will not leave until Hezbollah has disarmed, something the group has refused to do.

"Military units began deploying this morning to Zawtar al-Garhbiya" in the Nabatieh region, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

An AFP news agency correspondent saw military vehicles, one of them flying the Lebanese flag, entering the village, which sits on the edge of what Israel has dubbed its "security zone" stretching across southern Lebanon.

The U.S. State Department said Monday that the Lebanese army had begun ensuring security in the villages of Zawtar al-Garhbiya, Froun and Srifa. Israeli forces were not present in the latter two villages, which straddle the edge of the security zone, while they had deployed to the outskirts of Zawtar al-Garhbiya.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement earlier Tuesday that "the 'Safe Zone' pilot program began today," and an IDF official said the country would "adjust its force posture in one of the pilot areas in order to enable the Lebanese Armed Forces to carry out their mission." 

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The U.S. military on Tuesday named the U.S. soldier who was killed over the weekend during a controlled explosion to destroy an Iranian attack drone in northern Iraq. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was "killed in action during a controlled detonation" of a drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement.

The incident remains under investigation.

In remarks to reporters on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: "They were decommissioning ammunition and an accident happened in that process and they were harmed."

Swinton was part of D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Pentagon statement said Swinton was killed on Sunday, while a U.S. Central Command statement – which specified the downed drone was Iranian – said he was killed on Saturday.

The Pentagon also named on Monday two other soldiers who were killed in an Iranian attack Friday on an air base in southern Jordan. The soldiers were identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, who was killed Saturday, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, who was killed Friday.

Both were stationed at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.  

An Iranian official began meetings Tuesday with mediators in Pakistan, two officials told The Associated Press news agency, as diplomats sought to salvage the collapsed ceasefire deal between Iran and the United States.

The visit by Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni comes amid intensified diplomatic efforts by Pakistan in recent days to resuscitate the deal, though it remains unclear what new arrangement could be reached to end the fighting.

Momeni met Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations. Momeni is also expected to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later Tuesday.

Pakistan's political leadership and Munir, who serves as both the chief of army staff and defense forces, played a key role in brokering last month's interim agreement between the United States and Iran. Islamabad has been working to persuade both sides to return to the negotiating table to resolve outstanding issues under the June memorandum of understanding, which has appeared increasingly defunct as fighting has increased over the last week.

Authorities did not immediately release any details about the meetings in Islamabad, which came as Tehran continued its attacks on Gulf Arab allies of the U.S.

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters the U.S. remained open to negotiating with Iran, but that "it has to be real." 

After three U.S. service members were killed over the weekend, President Trump warned in a social media post that, "every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!"

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Bahrain on Tuesday sounded air alert sirens after the country's military said it had intercepted incoming Iranian weapons. It was the latest Iranian attack on the small Persian Gulf kingdom, coming nearly two weeks after Iran started targeting U.S. allies in the region again as a ceasefire agreed to in mid-June crumbled.

"The siren has been sounded, Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," the interior ministry said in a statement on X.

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Iran attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, forcing the crew to abandon the vessel, according to the U.K. military.

The U.K. Navy's Maritime Trade Operations center said a tanker came under attack early Tuesday in the strait off the coast of Oman, adding: "The crew have abandoned the vessel and are currently embarked in a lifeboat."

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed the attack, as well as two other attacks on ships in the narrow waterway on Monday.

President Trump and the U.S. military have encouraged commercial ships to use a southern shipping lane through the strait that skirts Oman's coast, to avoid the more northerly passage under Iran's control. Iran has warned repeatedly that it will attack ships using the Oman route, however, and very few ships have attempted to openly use the passage.

On Monday, Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, saying they would block shipping between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by targeting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a maritime chokepoint like the Strait of Hormuz.

With the Strait of Hormuz largely blocked due to Iran's threats and attacks, Saudi Arabia has been relying on a pipeline to get its oil to Red Sea ports for export - the route the Houthis are now threatening. 

The Saudi military has vowed to keep the Bab el-Mandeb strait open.

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Jordanian forces shot down three Iranian missiles over the kingdom around Tuesday afternoon, a senior Jordanian military official told CBS News.

Jordan's military said earlier that it had intercepted five Iranian drones. Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed launching the attack, claiming in a statement that it had targeted a "complex housing U.S. terrorist forces in the region of Rukban," the French news agency AFP reported.

Tuesday's attacks come after Iran fired three missiles at Jordan's Red Sea city of Aqaba on Sunday.

Jordan hosts U.S. forces and aircraft, and the kingdom has been targeted repeatedly by Iran as the ceasefire between Tehran and Washington has collapsed in a fight for control over the Strait of Hormuz. An attack on an air base in Jordan on Friday killed at least two U.S. soldiers and left a third missing in action, though the Army is in the process of identifying remains found at the site. 

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The Israeli army appeared to confirm Monday that its troops had withdrawn from three villages in southern Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered "pilot zone" scheme between Lebanon and Israel. 

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that "the 'Safe Zone' pilot program began today," referring to one aspect of the agreement signed at the State Department between Israel and Lebanon in late June, stipulating that Israeli forces are to withdraw from designated zones in Lebanon and be replaced by Lebanese forces.

The State Department said Monday that the first "pilot zones" had been launched in Lebanon, suggesting that Israeli forces had or would soon withdraw from three villages in the south of the neighboring country.

An Israeli military official said Monday that the IDF "will adjust its force posture in one of the pilot areas in order to enable the Lebanese Armed Forces to carry out their mission." 

The IDF official did not specify which zone was being referenced, or use the word withdraw, saying only that the "pilot serves as a test of the Lebanese Armed Forces' sovereignty in the three pilot villages, as the sole official authority authorized to bear arms in the area."

They added that the U.S. would lead a "stringent monitoring mechanism" of the pilot.

The Israel-Lebanon agreement also calls for the "disarmament of non-state armed groups" in the designated zones – a reference to Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. 

Hezbollah has flatly refused calls to disarm, and Israel has said it will only fully withdraw when it is sure the Iranian proxy group no longer poses a threat to its territory. 

The Israeli army said that it would "respond forcefully to any violation of the agreement."

Jordan's military said Tuesday it had intercepted five drones launched by Iran targeting the kingdom. The military made the announcement through the state-run Petra news agency.

It said the interception didn't cause casualties or any damage on the ground.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the attack, claiming in a statement that it had targeted a "complex housing U.S. terrorist forces in the region of Rukban," the French news agency AFP reported.

Jordan hosts U.S. forces and aircraft and has been repeatedly targeted by Iran as Iran's interim deal with the U.S. has collapsed over the fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Lebanon's president will meet with President Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid to bring about long-term calm in the war-torn country after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

Joseph Aoun's landmark meeting with Mr. Trump comes as Lebanon and Israel continue to hold rare direct talks mediated by Washington. Lebanon hopes they will result in Israeli troops withdrawing from large swaths of southern Lebanon that they currently occupy and for the Lebanese military to receive support to assert full control in areas where Hezbollah militants had held sway.

Lebanon and Israel announced a "framework agreement" on June 26, setting a plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon as well as the disarmament of Hezbollah, which for decades had a strong presence in the area. It also lays out steps toward an eventual peace agreement between both countries.

The U.S. State Department announced Monday that operations in three villages deemed part of a "pilot zone" had begun, without giving details. Lebanon's army is in two of the three, Froun and Srifa. Israeli forces are in part of the third, Zawtar al-Gharbieh.

A military source told French news agency AFP on Tuesday that Lebanese soldiers "have begun deploying to ... Zawtar al-Gharbiya." A senior Lebanese security official told the Reuters news agency that Israeli forces had pulled out of the area.

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Iran says it targeted U.S. radar and air defense installations in the Gulf on Tuesday and warned Washington of "more decisive and powerful" attacks to come.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it attacked and stopped two "non-compliant oil tankers" that were attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, part of an effort to tighten its grip on the vital waterway.

Following the deaths of at least three U.S. service members in the past several days, the U.S. launched a new round of attacks against Iran late Monday that it said were "designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping" in the strait.

Hours later, the Iranian army said it had targeted U.S. assets in Kuwait and Bahrain, including air defense systems, radar installations and administrative buildings.

"With this radar sweep, the enemy should prepare for even more decisive and powerful waves of drone and missile attacks," the Guard said in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA.

The U.S. State Department on Monday issued an alert urging American citizens around the world to "exercise increased caution" over the war with Iran.

The alert said that "due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation."

The department said Americans in the region should "be prepared for possible flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions."

"Americans outside the Middle East should reconsider travel to and through the region," it said, while warning of the heightened possibility of attacks targeting U.S. diplomatic facilities "or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world."  

The U.S. military's Central Command said late Monday it has wrapped up a tenth consecutive night of strikes on Iran after about five hours.

The strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone sites, air defenses and other targets "to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial vessels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM said in a post on social media accompanied by a video of aerial attacks.

A dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for the U.S. service members killed in the Iran war over the weekend is no longer scheduled for Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

"The exact day and time are still being finalized," Leavitt wrote on X.

The top Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee and Armed Services Committee pushed the Trump administration for more information on the U.S.-Iran war.

Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the intelligence panel's ranking member, told reporters the "Gang of Eight" — made up of Senate and House leadership and intelligence committee leaders from both parties — hasn't received a "meaningful" briefing "in months," even though "there's obviously been a lot of developments in Iran, including the tragic fatalities there." 

Himes said he believes the intelligence committee will get an Iran briefing before House members leave town for recess later this week.

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, said, "It's been weeks since the administration has briefed us." Asked if the full House or the Armed Services Committee will get a briefing this week, he said "I certainly hope so," adding that he believes there will be a briefing Tuesday.

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz reported over the radio that it was struck by an "unknown projectile" early Tuesday local time, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre.

The incident was reported off the coast of Limah, Oman.

The alert did not specify the source of the projectile, but Iran has fired at several tankers and other commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks. Iranian authorities have demanded that ships seek permission before sailing through the strait and use a northern route within Iranian waters, rather than a southern route that hugs the Omani coastline.

The Kuwaiti army said it is working to intercept Iranian drones and missiles, in the latest round of Iranian retaliatory attacks on the U.S.-allied Gulf state.

Explosions were audible in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, both of which sit on the Strait of Hormuz and have been frequent targets of U.S. strikes, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said.

The U.S. military's Central Command said Monday it has launched another round of strikes against Iran, marking the tenth consecutive night of attacks.

"The strikes are designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," CENTCOM said on social media.

Jordan's armed forces said Monday evening they had shot down three Iranian missiles, adding that there had been no material damage or casualties.

There was no immediate word from Iran.

Nearly 100 American service members have been injured in multiple Iranian airstrikes on bases in the Middle East region this month, U.S. officials told CBS News. Most have returned to duty, two of the officials said.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the numbers in a statement to CBS News, saying almost 100 people "were deemed to have some degree of injury since July 7, 2026," 96% of whom have returned.

"They are determined to get back in the fight. The vast majority of injuries experienced were minor concussions," Parnell said.

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The establishment of initial "pilot zones" in Lebanon "represents real progress on the ground" in a movement toward peace, a U.S. official told CBS News.

Lebanese forces will control the zones following Israel's withdrawal from them, the U.S. State Department announced earlier Monday. That gives Lebanon an opportunity to start reasserting control in parts of the country historically dominated by Hezbollah, the official said, adding that launching the first zones should trigger the confidence and momentum needed to continue expanding the process.

"Any attempt by Hezbollah to derail, infiltrate, or re-arm in these zones would seriously harm the prospects for reconstruction and peace, and the interests of the Lebanese people," the official said.

The threat from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia, risks an "even wider" regional conflict, the spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned Monday.

"We've seen the reports and are very much concerned by the renewed Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia, against freedom of navigation, which leads to the risk of an even wider regional escalation," the spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters.

 Multiple ships were struck on Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, a British maritime agency said. 

One incident occurred 17 nautical miles east of Dibba, in the United Arab Emirates, in which a vessel reported "being struck by an unknown projectile" that damaged its steering gear, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center. It said the strike had "no environmental impact." 

Another incident, also on Sunday, happened eight nautical miles off the coast of Kumzar, Oman. That incident has been classified as an attack by the maritime agency, which said a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile that caused a fire on the ship. 

"The fire has not been extinguished and the vessel is currently adrift," the agency said on Monday, adding that crews in both incidents have been reported as safe. Still, it urged vessels to move through the region "with caution" as authorities investigate.

Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni traveled to Pakistan, a key mediator in the conflict, for talks on Monday, offering a glimmer of hope for diplomacy even as the U.S. and Iran inch closer to all-out war. 

Iranian state media reported that Momeni had landed in Islamabad Monday evening. He is scheduled to participate in two days of talks during his trip.

Momeni's counterpart, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, said he was optimistic the talks would bring progress. While in Islamabad, the Iranian official is set to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, among others. 

Since the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks on each other's military installations and other infrastructure, Pakistan has intensified diplomatic efforts in recent days to resuscitate the interim ceasefire reached last month. The truce, now unraveled, had called for resolving remaining issues tied to the war within 60 days.

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The U.S. military said Monday that it has disabled one commercial vessel, and redirected seven others, as part of its naval blockade on Iranian ports, preventing ships from leaving or entering. 

The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, shared those figures in a post on X and said they're current as of July 20. It attributed the actions to American service members aboard the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, who "support flight operations day and night from the Arabian Sea as CENTCOM enforces the naval blockade against Iran," according to the military organization.

President Trump is set to attend the dignified transfer of the service members killed over the weekend, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Leavitt originally said the dignified transfer would take place Tuesday evening, but said later Monday it had been rescheduled, although the exact date and time were not yet known.

The transfer will take place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

"The President and the entire White House are praying for their families," Leavitt said in a post on X. 

In March, the president participated in a dignified transfer of six service members who were killed in the first days of the war with Iran.

President Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that he's directed military leaders to see that Iran pays for the death of each U.S. soldier "many times over."

"Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!" Mr. Trump wrote. "This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military."

Two French embassy staff in Iran were subjected to "an extremely serious act of intimidation" by Iranian security services, with one of them being physically abused, France's foreign minister said Monday.

Jean-Noel Barrot said in a post on X that the two members of the embassy staff, who he did not name, were detained by Iranian forces late Sunday "in flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity."

Both were "detained for several hours without reason, interrogated and one of them was physically abused" before they were allowed to return to the embassy, he said.

"I informed the Iranian foreign minister that this extremely serious and unacceptable violation of the integrity of our agents cannot go without consequences," Barrot wrote.

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Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels have vowed to close the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Saudi ships, after saying earlier Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia after a recent attack on Sanaa airport.

Nasruddin Amer, the deputy head of the Houthi media office, said in a post on X that the Bab al-Mandeb strait would be closed "to Saudi enemy ships" in response to what he called the country's "unjust blockade on Yemenis for over 10 years."

Iran has threatened multiple times during the war with the U.S. to order its Yemeni allies — who have previously attacked ships in the region — to close down the Bab el-Mandeb strait in retaliation for ongoing U.S. attacks on Iranian infrastructure. 

Roughly 10% of global oil shipments typically traverse the strait, making it another key chokepoint for energy markets like the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuwait's military said Monday that it was responding to renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks, as Tehran continued targeting U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf.

"Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks," the Kuwaiti army said in a statement, blaming Iran. 

In nearby Bahrain, air raid sirens also sounded, according to the island kingdom's interior ministry. In a post on X, the ministry told citizens to "head to the nearest safe location." 

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The State Department announced Monday that the first "pilot zones" had been launched in Lebanon, suggesting that Israeli forces had or would soon withdraw from three villages in the south of the neighboring country, though no such moves were immediately confirmed by Israel. 

As part of a deal signed at the State Department between Israel and Lebanon in late June, Israeli forces are to withdraw from "pilot zones" in Lebanon and be replaced by Lebanese forces. The agreement also calls for the "disarmament of non-state armed groups" in the designated zones – a reference to Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. 

Hezbollah has flatly refused calls to disarm, and Israel has said it will only fully withdraw when it is sure the Iranian proxy group no longer poses a threat to its territory. 

Nonetheless, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement Monday that "pilot zone operations began in the villages of Froun, Srifa, and Zawtar Al-Gharbiya," calling it a "milestone" and "a direct outcome of last week's discussions between Israel and Lebanon in Rome."

Israel's military has for months occupied what it calls a "security zone" that extends about six miles into Lebanon, along the length of the two countries' shared border. Israeli officials say it's necessary to protect residents in Israel's north from Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks. 

More than 4,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since the start of Israel's war against Hezbollah, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that he expects Lebanon's President Michel Aoun to have a "very positive meeting" with President Trump Tuesday when they meet at the White House.

The U.S. military has released photos of two soldiers killed in Jordan over the weekend, 19-year-old Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

A third service member remains listed by the military as missing in action following the attack.

The Pentagon said Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, in Ansbach, Germany. Feehan was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote, "Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve."

Another U.S. service member died in a separate incident in northern Iraq during a controlled explosion to destroy an Iranian drone, Central Command said.

Following the Iranian attack on the base in Jordan, U.S. forces launched a new round of airstrikes against Iran at the direction of President Trump, CENTCOM said Saturday evening.

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Iran said on Monday that diplomatic exchanges with the United States were ongoing, via mediators, despite an escalating exchange of fire between the countries.

"We have been informed by mediators, we have received messages – without going into details – but the main point is that the diplomatic apparatus has been active in recent days and ideas have been conveyed to us by certain mediators," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said during a press briefing Monday in Tehran.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Iran, "directly and through multiple channels," had continued signaling to the U.S. that "they want to talk."

He said a return to diplomacy would be "very positive," but added: "That's not where we are tonight, unfortunately."

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the Iranian regime has been "directly and through multiple channels" signaling to the U.S. that "they want to talk" despite escalating attacks by both sides over the last week.

Rubio told journalists the U.S. "always remains open to a diplomatic solution … and they continue to send signals that they want to talk, that they want to negotiate, but their behavior is what we're responding to."

He said Iran was giving those indications "directly and through multiple channels with other countries as well, adding that a return to diplomacy would be "a very positive development," but "that's not where we are tonight, unfortunately."

Asked if the memorandum of understanding between the two countries was dead, Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz was supposed to have been "free of tolls, free of attacks, free of all the things they're doing against these ships," referring to recent Iranian attacks on ships in the waterway. "You can't have an MoU that's alive if they're violating the terms of it."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that "the only reason" the U.S. is attacking Iran is because of the Islamic Republic's attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. 

"The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping," he told reporters. 

"The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway, and they continue to launch against ships in that international waterway," he added. "The United States is involved not just in protecting those ships but in targeting the places that they use to launch these missiles and drones."

"That's what you're seeing. That's what the objective of this mission is," he said. "Their behavior has to change in order for ours to change."

The U.S. has conducted nine straight nights of attacks on Iran.

Iran's powerful allies in Yemen, the Houthi rebels, announced Monday that they would impose a naval blockade of neighboring Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a recent attack on Sanaa airport.

"The Yemeni Armed Forces announce a ban on maritime navigation for the criminal Saudi enemy," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said, according to the Houthi-owned Almasirah news outlet, adding that it would "come into effect from the moment this statement is announced."

His statement did not explain how the blockade would work, but the Houthis have previously attacked ships in the region.

Saree's remarks came after a fiery exchange between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen's government last week, during which Saudi forces struck Sanaa International Airport, which has been under Houthi control for more than a decade, and the Houthis attacked Abha airport in Saudi Arabia. The clash threatens a truce that has been in place since 2022.

The blockade announced by the Houthis could put new pressure on Saudi Arabia, as it has been using its East-West Pipeline to get oil out of the kingdom amid the ongoing default closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran. The pipeline moves oil to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports, where it is loaded on tankers and distributed around the world.

The Houthi threat to prevent Saudi oil shipments comes after the rebels targeted ships for months in the Red Sea region in response to Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. During that conflict Houthi weapons targeted about 100 vessels in the Red Sea and around the Bab el-Mandeb strait, the southern entrance to the sea.

Iran has warned multiple times during the war that it could order its Houthi allies to shut down the Bab el-Mandeb if the U.S. attacked civilian energy infrastructure. About 10% of global oil shipments typically traverse the strait, making it another key chokepoint for energy markets like the Strait of Hormuz.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave some details on the incidents that led to the deaths of at least three U.S. service members in Jordan and Iraq over the weekend.

In remarks to reporters before he departed for the Philippines on Sunday night, Rubio said "a missile got through" to hit the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, where two U.S. soldiers were killed Friday. Another soldier remains missing after the Iranian attack - one of several targeting the base in recent days, 

"We shot down almost all the missiles," he said. "One leaked through, hit the wrong place, and tragically, and it's heartbreaking."

Video of the attack in Jordan appears to show that it came with little or no warning, with shocked military personnel scrambling to get to shelters.

Four Iranian attacks in five days aimed at U.S. forces — including two direct hits on the air base in Jordan — wounded American service members, raising questions about whether missile defense systems either failed to intercept them or failed to spot them coming.

The U.S. military confirmed Sunday that another U.S. service member was killed in northern Iraq, during a controlled explosion to destroy an Iranian attack drone.

"They were decommissioning ammunition and an accident happened in that process and they were harmed," Rubio said. "We're just grateful to have such heroic Americans in uniform in service of our country."  

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that his country was in a "full-scale war" with the United States and he warned Iranians that they would have to accept the repercussions of the conflict.

"The reality is that today the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaged in a full-scale war," Pezeshkian said, adding that "we must be realistic and accept the natural consequences of this resistance," according to a statement issued by the presidency.

Iran killed at least two U.S. soldiers over the weekend in an attack on an American air base in Jordan, while another American service member died in Iraq during the controlled explosion of an Iranian drone, U.S. Central Command said. 

The U.S. has carried out nine straight nights of attacks on Iran.

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The U.S. military has identified two soldiers killed in an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.

The two soldiers were named as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, who was killed Saturday, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, who was killed Friday.

Both were stationed at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. The U.S. military is investigating the incidents.

Both soldiers were part of U.S. Army air defense artillery regiments. Feehan was based in North Carolina, and Gonzales was based in Germany.

Another soldier has been declared missing after the strikes in Jordan. Remains have been found at the base but have yet to be identified.

A third U.S. service member was declared dead in northern Iraq Sunday after a controlled detonation of an Iranian attack drone, according to the U.S. military.

At least three U.S. servicemembers were killed over the weekend in Iranian attacks, 

A third American soldier in northern Iraq died following "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone," CENTCOM said in a statement.

The first two were killed in a strike on a U.S. air base in Jordan. Remains have been found after another soldier at the base was declared missing after the attack, but they have yet to be identified.

Video of the precision ballistic missile attack in Jordan suggests it came with little or no warning, with shocked military personnel scrambling to get to shelters.

The missile and drone barrage was the second time in two days Iran managed to launch a direct hit on the base. In total, four Iranian attacks in five days targeting U.S. forces in Jordan have left multiple people wounded, raising questions about whether missile defense systems either failed to intercept them or failed to see them coming.

CENTCOM vowed over the weekend to "swiftly punish" Iran for strikes on Jordan.

President Trump has paid tribute to the fallen on Sunday.

"Well, we feel very badly," he said. 

"But, you know, those great people, those great patriots who are there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," he added, though recent U.S. airstrikes have been focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, not dismantling Iran's nuclear program.

The U.S. military has been sending more assets – such as aerial refuelers – to the region, and the deaths of the first U.S. troops in months appears to suggest that the U.S. military response is going to escalate.

Sailors safely abandoned a vessel set alight by an attack in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency said Monday, as the United States and Iran vie for control over the vital waterway.

"The vessel was struck by an unknown projectile. The crew safely abandoned the vessel and have been recovered by a tug boat. The fire has not been extinguished and the vessel is currently adrift. There is no reported environmental impact," UKMTO said in an update to an earlier statement.

The agency, which is run by the British military, had reported the ship was "on fire" eight nautical miles northwest of Kumzar, Oman.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guards said that two oil tankers trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz "exploded and were brought to a halt."

During the war, Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz through which one-fifth of the world's oil and LNG used to pass.

As part of a memorandum of understanding signed with the United States, it has to work with Oman on the waterway's future administration -- which it has vowed will never be the same.

In recent weeks, Iran has hit tankers using a route hugging the Omani coast to traverse the strait, in a bid to strongarm vessels into using its own waters and to pay for safe passage.

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The U.S. completed a ninth straight night of strikes against Iran at 10 p.m. ET on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said. 

"CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz," the military said.

CENTCOM announced Sunday that unidentified remains were found in Jordan at the location of an Iranian strike that killed two U.S. service members and left another missing. 

"An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing," the U.S. military said.

U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks.

According to motor club federation AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now back to $4. The average price a year ago was $3.14 a gallon.

The price is a national average, meaning drivers in some states have been paying well over $4 a gallon for a while now, while others pay less. Prices vary between states due to factors ranging from nearby supply to differing tax rates.

People around the world are also dealing with high gas prices as a result of the war.

Gas prices first went over $4 a gallon on average at the end of March. They dipped below that in mid-June and continued to fall as crude oil prices eased when the U.S. and Iran reached an interim deal. Even then, President Trump expressed frustration that gas prices weren't falling as quickly as oil prices.

Oil prices have climbed again in recent days as the U.S. and Iran appear to be moving closer to resuming an all-out war.

Brent crude, the international standard, rose 3.2% to $90.95 per barrel Monday and benchmark U.S. crude climbed 2.8% to $84.04 per barrel.

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Israel's military said debris from Iranian missiles launched at the Jordanian city of Aqba, which were intercepted by Jordanian forces, was also intercepted by Israeli interceptors to prevent the objects impacting Israeli territory. 

The Iranian missile salvo was aimed at Aqaba on Sunday, the Israeli military said, after Amman denied the city's airport and seaport were evacuated over a threat.

Minutes before the interception, the Israeli military said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Aqaba and warned of the possibility of "spillover" into Israeli territory.

The Jordanian military said it had downed "three Iranian missiles that targeted the kingdom's territory," while a fourth fell in a deserted area, without specifying where.

Air raid sirens were also activated in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and other parts of the kingdom.

However, the Jordanian government had earlier denied reports that authorities ordered the evacuation of Aqaba's airport and seaport, after the U.S. embassy said they had been evacuated over a "credible threat."

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The Iranian missile and drone attack that killed at least two U.S. service members on Friday occurred at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. 

The location of the strike was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. 

A third soldier remains missing in action following the Iranian strike, U.S. Central Command previously reported, and four other soldiers were treated and released from a hospital in Jordan. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reacted to the deaths of two U.S. service members in Jordan following Iranian strikes overnight, saying Saturday in a social media post, "Godspeed, heroes."

"Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve," Hegseth said on X.

Two U.S. service members were killed in a strike on a base in Jordan overnight, according to U.S. Central Command. A third service member is missing in action, CENTCOM said.

Four other U.S. service members were medically evacuated to hospital in Jordan, and have since been discharged. There were other service members treated for minor injuries, CENTCOM said.

The deaths were the 15th and 16th among U.S. service members in the current war with Iran. Six service members were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Kuwait in March. Also in March, six were killed when a refueling plane crashed in Iraq and one was killed in an Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

In the most recent death, a U.S. Navy pilot died when his MH-60S helicopter made an emergency landing at sea last month.