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A Defense Department inspector general report gave the first official account of US losses from Feb. 28 to June 30, saying dozens of aircraft were lost and hundreds of structures used by US forces were damaged or destroyed by Iranian attacks, and confirmed strategic munitions shortfalls.
The IDF said troops of the 55th Brigade found ready-to-use launchers loaded with 32 rockets aimed at Israel, left since before the ceasefire, and later that another unit found rockets and a launcher in the Mount Dov area; the launchers and a nearby Hezbollah shaft were dismantled.
The IRGC said its air defences destroyed an MQ-1 drone west of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and two more on Tuesday, which Mehr said made four MQ-1s downed in recent days, and later claimed an MQ-9 over Qeshm Island at 22:59 GMT. US officials later told CBS News that Iranian forces had downed at least two US MQ-1s in recent days.
Hormozgan's deputy governor said a drone struck two fishing boats near Kargan port and fishermen were missing. CENTCOM said Iranian small boats had tried to take a US unmanned surface vessel and failed 'after CENTCOM forcefully responded'; Axios, citing US officials, reported a US drone fired two missiles that destroyed both boats and killed everyone aboard.
Trump posted that the US is producing more 'exquisite and elite weapons' than at any time in its history, with Patriots, THAAD, Tomahawks and Standard Missiles a primary focus, delivered 'on a daily basis' to US forces in the Middle East, and that defence factories are running 24/7.
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed senior Sunni cleric Molavi Yusef Gorgij in southeastern Iran; local officials described him as having 'actively fought against divisive elements and Zionism,' according to a Times of Israel live update.
The Houthis claimed a 'large-scale' missile and drone attack on King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, saying it answered more than 300 Saudi air strikes; the Saudi-led coalition said 13 civilians were hurt in Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif, with seven homes and two vehicles damaged.
U.S. Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper told CBS News he is "not concerned at all" about shortages of American missile interceptors amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, saying U.S. forces in the region remain "well armed and ready" despite months of sustained Iranian missile and drone fire.
Israeli forces hit al-Dabsha Hill on the outskirts of Nabatieh twice in under 30 minutes, Lebanon's National News Agency said, as artillery intermittently shelled the Ali al-Taher forest and nearby towns including Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.
Saudi Civil Defence said a projectile fell in al-Tuwal governorate in Jazan, wounding two people and damaging a mosque, several buildings and vehicles; Saudi Arabia blamed the Houthis, who said they had targeted a military base.
Iranian state media reported two explosions off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Early on Sep 13, Qeshm's governor said an Iranian commercial vessel had been struck near Hengam Island and the Qeshm coast, killing one person and wounding three, and state TV blamed the 'US terrorist enemy.'
The US has asked tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at set times to be sure of military protection after Iran stepped up night attacks, the Financial Times reported. Air defence offered since May for ships hugging the Omani coast was cut to two daily time slots around the start of September, according to emails from the US naval coordination centre.
Iran used high-resolution Chinese satellite images of Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti air base for its July attack that killed three US soldiers, US officials told The Wall Street Journal. They did not identify the suppliers or allege direct Beijing involvement; Chinese officials pushed back and demanded proof.
The Saudi-backed government's armed forces spokesman said a bombing campaign had begun in what he called the 'kill box', the areas that had fallen to the Houthis from Mocha to Bab al-Mandeb, and warned civilians away from the Taiz-Mocha road. Over the next two days the government said its jets destroyed Houthi vehicles, weapons and fighters in Mocha and Dhubab.
An official from Yemen's internationally recognized government said the Houthis had taken Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea after seizing Perim, completing their hold on the Bab al-Mandeb approaches. Government and Houthi officials confirmed the capture to AP on Sep 14.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said maritime navigation is safe for all companies except Saudi vessels, which will only be allowed through Bab al-Mandeb when the blockade on Yemen ends, and pledged to 'enforce blockade for blockade and escalation for escalation.'
Houthi fighters swept south from Mocha through Dhubab and Murad, the last coastal town in government hands, and advanced onto Perim (Mayyun) Island at the mouth of the Bab al-Mandeb, Reuters reported citing four government sources. A government military official said 'everything that was under our control on the western coast has fallen.'
Israeli forces withdrew from the Ali al-Taher heights and repositioned to rear lines in the Shaqif area, Israel Army Radio reported; the military said it would keep fire control over the heights and confront any Hezbollah attempt to return.
More than 100 US military advisers are in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support for the kingdom's campaign against the Houthis, as part of a newly formed joint forces command, CNN reported citing five sources; one US official put the number at about 200. The US is not taking part in strikes.
The IDF said it used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to destroy two tunnels running over 2 km beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge near Nabatieh, which it called the nerve center of Hezbollah's Badr division; the USGS recorded the blast as a magnitude 4.1 tremor. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said it completed Israel's security zone in southern Lebanon.
Iran is assembling liquid- and solid-fuel ballistic missiles from stockpiled components at several underground sites, including the Khojir complex, and is building new underground plants to avoid being struck again, US and Middle Eastern officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam said navigation and trade in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb 'remain safe and uninterrupted' and called the group's offensive 'defensive' and limited to specified targets; its shipping coordination centre said its ban on Saudi vessels stays in place.
Houthi forces took control of the Red Sea city of Mocha as government-aligned troops pulled back, Reuters reported citing three Yemeni government sources; AFP witnesses saw fighters entering the city, and a military source said the Houthis also seized Zuqar Island in the southern Red Sea.
Iran's overnight missile strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base damaged multiple US aircraft, CBS News reported, citing sources with direct knowledge: about eight F-15s suffered light damage and returned to service, and an A-10 lost a wing. No US deaths were reported and US forces fired more than 30 Patriot interceptors.
IRNA reported a loud explosion on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, and Fars reported multiple explosions in Sirik and Minab County; Hormozgan officials said the sounds came from the sea, and IRNA later said 'several areas' of Sirik were hit by 'enemy' projectiles.
The IRGC said it struck the destroyers DDG-119 and DDG-53 and then that its navy hit 'two American vessels and 8 tankers', plus 10 other 'violating ships' in a prohibited zone of the strait. CENTCOM called the destroyer claim 'completely false', saying no US warship was struck and all IRGC attempts failed.
Iran fired ballistic missiles at US forces at Jordan's al-Azraq (Muwaffaq Salti) air base in retaliation for the US tanker strikes; Jordan said it intercepted 18 of 20 and two fell in open areas. The IRGC claimed heavy damage to maintenance and shelter areas for F-35, F-16 and F-15 jets, while a US official said the barrage caused no US casualties.
CENTCOM said US forces struck and destroyed the M/T Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco in the Gulf of Oman and the M/T Derya near Kharg Island after the IRGC twice fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy warship over two days; crews were told to abandon ship first and no Americans were hurt. CENTCOM later released video of the Riesco sinking.
Houthi attacks early Tuesday hit 'civilian and economic facilities' in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, wounding 73 people including women and children, the Saudi-led coalition said. The Energy Ministry said fires broke out at several oil facilities and utilities and some operations were temporarily halted; the Houthis said they fired dozens of missiles and drones at Aramco sites in Najran and Abha, a Jazan industrial hub and King Khalid Air Base.
Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei wrote that 'economic warfare will be met by a maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf to the blockade perimeter' and that Iran's posture toward US warships and bases had been 'fundamentally recalibrated.' He had announced plans for a restricted zone south of the Strait of Hormuz the day before.