Thursday, July 9, 2026 – The Regional War
Day 22 of U.S.–Iran Negotiations to End the Regional War
Iran
1. Events:
‣ Approximately 170 military targets were struck. Most strikes hit air defense bases and drone and missile depots, as well as bridges, boats, a railway line, and a port in Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Jask, Bushehr, and Ahvaz, near the Strait of Hormuz.
‣ In response, the Iranians struck 4 United States bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and launched 10 missiles, 8 of which were intercepted, towards a base in Jordan.
‣ Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was completely halted.
2. Casualties:
‣ During the past 48 hours:
◦ 14 killed and 78 wounded.
Lebanon
1. Events:
‣ Drone strike on Jabal Ali al-Taher.
‣ Artillery fire on Deir Seryan.
‣ Homes demolished and detonated in Haddatha, Hula, Kounine, Tayri, Taybeh, and two tunnels in Majdal Zoun.
‣ Stun grenades dropped on Al Mansouri.
‣ Machine gun fire in Beit Yahoun, Saaideh, and Baraachit.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
