Strikes, attacks, interceptions, deployments, and security incidents.
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A senior US official told Al Jazeera the strait is fully open and under US Navy control after special operations forces removed an estimated 80 naval mines since April, and that about 20 US vessels in the blockade were escorting commercial ships. The official said Washington was satisfied with current oil and gas flows.
A Hezbollah operative opened fire at close range on Israeli troops in the Beaufort ridge area of southern Lebanon, lightly wounding two soldiers before being killed, the IDF said. The military said it then struck Hezbollah weapons depots and command centers.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on X that American oil and gas companies in the Gulf share the exposure of the region's 'sprawling, accessible' energy infrastructure, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to destroy Iranian tankers. In a closed session of parliament he said the era of 'proportionate responses' was over.
An overnight strike destroyed a residential building in Kfar Rumman, near Nabatieh, and a separate drone strike hit a vehicle in the town, killing a medic; Lebanon's health ministry put the toll at 13, including six children. Israel's military said it targeted people seen moving weapons after Hezbollah launched drones at its troops near the Ali al-Taher ridge, and said it was reviewing reports that uninvolved people were harmed.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln left Thailand on Sunday after a five-day port visit that gave its crew a break from an extended deployment, Reuters reported. The Lincoln took part in the U.S. naval blockade and combat operations in the war with Iran.
Israeli strikes that began at dawn hit Nabatieh, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Arab Salim and Kfar Remman, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20, Lebanese authorities said, and destroyed the out-of-service Ghandour hospital. Israel said it was responding to two Hezbollah drones launched at its troops and warned residents of Arab Salim to evacuate before one strike.
Fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthis killed more than 60 people on Sept. 5, including 26 government troops and 31 Houthi fighters, AFP reported citing military and medical sources. A missile strike on a bus travelling from Taiz to Aden killed six civilians; a government official blamed the Houthis.
U.S. Central Command said a U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer evaded Iranian ballistic missiles, after which U.S. forces disabled the tankers Downy off Kharg Island and Stark 1 near Jask and destroyed the unladen Kylo in the Gulf of Oman, which later sank. No U.S. personnel were hurt, and Iranian media reported no casualties on the tanker hit near Kharg.
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Sept. 4 that the United States may strike Pickaxe Mountain, a heavily fortified tunnel complex near Iran's damaged Natanz enrichment site, 'very soon.' He also called the conflict 'small potatoes' for the U.S., saying 18 Americans had been killed.
An Israeli strike killed two men on a motorcycle in Nabatieh on Friday, state media said, and after what Israel called a Hezbollah drone attack on its troops, further strikes that night hit sites in the south and east. Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on Friday killed four people, including an 18-year-old woman, and wounded 32.
Fighting that began Sept. 3, when Houthi forces launched a ground assault with rocket and drone attacks near Red Sea coastal areas and around Taiz, killed at least 81 fighters, including 24 government troops on the coast, 15 in the Taiz area and 42 Houthis, AFP reported citing military and medical sources. The Houthis sought to cut the road linking Taiz to the port of Mokha.
The Israeli military said troops of the 36th Division, after taking 'operational control of the ridge area above and below ground,' cleared two tunnel routes beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge near Nabatieh of Hezbollah operatives, killing some while others fled, and were preparing to demolish the site. It said the facility held command centers, weapons rooms and living quarters and was financed by Iran.
Israeli officials believe Iran's Quds Force and Hamas have intensified efforts to attack Israelis abroad and may try to exploit the upcoming Jewish holidays and the third anniversary of the October 7 attack, Channel 12 reported. Israel's leadership believes Tehran may seek a high-profile attack overseas.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said at a Jewish New Year toast with Defense Ministry staff that an Iranian attack would 'free us from all constraints' and that Israel would strike all of Iran's infrastructure, 'including energy infrastructure,' returning it 'to the Stone Age and darkness.' He said economic pressure and fear of an uprising could push Tehran to 'desperate measures.'
Israeli forces carried out detonations early on Sept. 3 in Haddatha and Baraachit, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Through the day NNA also reported shelling and home demolitions in al-Mansouri, an incursion into Halta in which three men were detained, and drone strikes on the Ali al-Taher heights.
Kuwait's army said its air defenses were intercepting Iranian missiles and drones early on Sept. 3, and its foreign ministry condemned the dawn attack as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty. Iran's army claimed hits on hangars and communications systems at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait and on Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE; a US official said no facilities used by US forces were hit.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Sept. 2, Trump said the overnight strikes were 'a very heavy attack' in response to Iran taking 'a shot at our base in Jordan' and had taken out new radar and mine-launching equipment along the Strait of Hormuz, adding: 'we're prepared to do another one any time we want.' Asked how long the renewed campaign would last, he said: 'I don't think too long.'
The IDF said Hezbollah launched two explosive drones at troops in the Ali Taher ridge area of southern Lebanon overnight into Sept. 2; both were intercepted without injuries and Israel then struck Hezbollah infrastructure near Nabatieh. Israel Hayom reported that Israeli security officials are preparing for Iran to push Hezbollah into escalation over the upcoming Jewish holidays as Iran's economy buckles.
Kuwait and Bahrain said their air defenses engaged Iranian drones and missiles early on Sept. 2, and a drone set fire to a residential complex in Kuwait City without casualties; Kurdish authorities said they intercepted 10 explosive drones near Erbil. Iran's military claimed hits on US-used bases including Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and facilities in Erbil, but the US military did not confirm any impacts.
The IRGC said it fired ballistic missiles at Camp Titin, a US Marine site on the Gulf of Aqaba, and at Prince Hassan Air Base late on Sept. 1 in retaliation for the Kuhestak strike, as sirens sounded in Aqaba and Mafraq. Jordan's army said 10 of 13 missiles that entered its airspace were intercepted and three fell in remote areas without casualties; a US official said there were no injuries or significant damage at Camp Titin, rejecting IRGC claims of US deaths.
Iranian state media said a US missile hit a home hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, Sirik county, on the night of Sept. 1, killing two women and two children aged 4 and 16 and wounding at least 68; early official counts ranged from two to five dead. CENTCOM said it was looking into the reports and that the US military 'never targets civilians.'
CENTCOM said US forces began striking IRGC targets at noon ET on Sept. 1, hitting air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets, mine-laying capabilities and communications sites after attempted IRGC attacks on shipping and US troops. Iranian media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, Jask, Konarak and Chabahar and near Ahvaz, where officials said seven people were killed at three sites.
A senior Iranian source told Reuters that Iran would answer every US attack with force "dozens of times greater" and that the retaliation for the Larak strike showed "no target in the region is beyond Tehran's reach". The source said conditions in the Strait of Hormuz would worsen for ships that violate Iran's transit rules.
Trump told Fox News by phone on Monday, "We're going to hit them hard. There will be a response," saying all but one Iranian missile was intercepted and the last was let through because it would not hit anything significant. Later in the Oval Office he called the fighting "very limited" but added, "That doesn't mean we won't smack them."
The UAE defence ministry said air defences intercepted a drone approaching from Iran over UAE territorial waters after Iran's army claimed a drone attack on US forces at Al Minhad Air Base; the ministry called reports of a missile attack on the base baseless. The foreign ministry condemned a "dangerous escalation", held Iran fully responsible and said the UAE reserves the right to respond.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said their air defences hit a US MQ-9 long-range drone with missile fire over the Strait of Hormuz and that it crashed into the Persian Gulf, according to a statement carried by Tasnim, Fars and Mehr. The claim was not independently verified.
Hours after the Larak Island strike, Trump posted an AI-generated clip on Truth Social captioned "Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!". A US official told Reuters the military had not targeted Kharg, National Iranian Oil Company chief Hamid Bovard called the post "laughable", and Vance said Trump was "sending a message to the Iranians".
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they fired ballistic missiles and drones at King Hussein Air Base and Muwaffaq Salti Air Base at Azraq in retaliation for the Larak Island strike, claiming "heavy damage". Jordan's army said it intercepted eight missiles that entered its airspace, and a US source said nearly all incoming fire was intercepted with no significant impact.
US forces struck two IRGC rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after seeing Guards forces preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the strait, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said; CENTCOM called it "limited, precise action". IRNA, citing the Qeshm governor, said two people were killed and several wounded in the attack late on Sunday.
Israeli drones struck Nabatieh al-Fawqa at about 8:55 and 9:40 a.m., warplanes hit the area between the town and the Ali al-Taher hills, near Zawtar al-Gharbiyah and in Mansouri, artillery shelled Haris, and troops set off two explosions outside Aita al-Jabal and burned homes in Beit Yahoun, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. No casualties were immediately reported.