Day 98 of the WarFriday, June 5, 2026
Day 98 — Iran Fires Warning Shots at U.S. Destroyers in Hormuz; IDF Orders Evacuation of Six Towns North of the Zahrani; Seven Killed in Tyre Despite Ceasefire; IRGC Hardliners 'Itching for Another Round'
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Regime Watch — Hardline IRGC Voices 'Itching for Another Round'
- OSI monitoring of hardline IRGC figures: the tone is 'increasingly confident, increasingly aggressive, and far less cautious than you would expect' — they appear to be itching for another round.source
Inside Iran — 'Blood Money': The Regime's Price List for Repression
- Citizen journalists: in the first nights of the crackdown the regime paid 5–7 million toman per night for foreign militia fighters (Hashd al-Shaabi, Fatemiyoun, Zaynabiyoun) and 2–4 million for Basij deployed against protesters.
Strait of Hormuz — Iran Fires Warning Shots at U.S. Destroyers
Gulf & Naval- IranWire: the Iranian military fires warning shots at two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz — a sharp escalation in the strategic waterway.source
- IRGC-affiliated Tasnim claims a 'Nojeh' drone was dispatched toward a U.S. destroyer near the Strait — accusing it of violating Iran's 'maritime encirclement' and interfering with commercial shipping.source
Lebanon — Ceasefire Fraying: Evacuation Orders, Seven Killed in Tyre
Global- The IDF orders immediate evacuation of six southern Lebanese towns north of the Zahrani River — Hezbollah violated the ceasefire by striking Israeli territory, and Israel 'will now act forcefully.'source
- Israeli strikes continue despite the ceasefire — seven killed in Tyre near a hospital; Hezbollah's leader rejects the agreement.
- Lebanon's army commander Gen. Rudolph Heichel meets Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain al-Tineh — both seen as essential to salvaging any ceasefire progress.