U.S. Central Command conducted strikes on Iranian military sites, including missile and drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz and Qeshm Island, in retaliation for Iran's drone attack on the Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely.
The Pentagon delayed the public announcement until after the U.S. stock market closed to minimize financial market impacts.
Iran claimed retaliatory strikes on U.S. military targets, including in Bahrain.