Day 135 of the WarSunday, July 12, 2026
Day 135 — CENTCOM's Third Strike Night Hits Some 140 Targets, Over 300 This Week, After Iran Declares Hormuz 'Closed' and Missiles Another Cargo Ship; Trump Vows 20-to-1 While the Real Ratio Nears 140-to-1; IRGC Claims on Duqm and Kuwait Go Unverified as CENTCOM Counts Zero U.S. Casualties; Guterres Alarmed; IRGC Accounts Celebrate Graham's Death
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Strait of Hormuz
Third Night of Strikes — CENTCOM Hits Some 140 Targets, More Than 300 This Week
- CENTCOM says it completed a third round of strikes against Iran on July 11, holding Iranian forces accountable for attacking another commercial ship in Hormuz: roughly 140 targets hit by aircraft, drones and warships — missile and drone sites, naval assets, ammunition depots, communications and coastal surveillance.source
- Across three strike nights this week CENTCOM has hit more than 300 targets at the Commander in Chief's direction, and at 5 p.m. ET it began launching yet more strikes to keep degrading Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners; commercial transits through the strait continue.source
- Trump on Iran: 'We hit them 20 to 1. Every time they hit us, we're going to hit them 20.' Open Source Intel notes the real ratio is starker — after one IRGC attack on a commercial ship, the U.S. struck 140 Iranian targets: closer to 140 to 1.source
Claims Without Proof — IRGC Alleges Hits on Duqm and Kuwait, CENTCOM Counts Zero U.S. Casualties
- The IRGC claims it targeted a U.S. Navy supply, logistics and refueling facility in Duqm, Oman, and IRGC-aligned accounts claim a U.S. ATACMS launcher was hit in Kuwait — Open Source Intel stresses neither report has any independent confirmation.source
- CENTCOM flatly debunks Iranian propaganda claiming three American service members were killed in Kuwait: there are zero reports of U.S. service member deaths or injuries in the region, and all personnel are accounted for.source
Hormuz 'Closed' Again — Iran Missiles a Cargo Ship, CENTCOM Insists the Strait Stays Open
Gulf & Naval- Visegrád 24 reports Iran announced it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again and hit a cargo vessel with a missile as it tried to pass through — with further U.S. airstrikes expected within hours in response.source
- CENTCOM rebuts the IRGC-Navy commander's claim that no foreign vessel may transit without Iranian identification and tracking: 'Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. It remains an international waterway' — and the strait is open to all lawful transits.source
- Pressed by Jake Tapper on Iran's declaration that Hormuz is closed, Trump waved it off: 'It's open as far as I'm concerned' — refusing to even entertain the premise of the question.source
Guterres Sounds the Alarm — and a Senator's Death Becomes Regime Propaganda
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres says he is deeply concerned by the serious escalation and renewed military confrontations in the Gulf — naming the Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. attacks on Iran, and Iran's attacks on regional targets.source
- Babak Taghvaee reports IRGC- and Quds Force-linked accounts are portraying Senator Lindsey Graham's death as a victory and indirectly claiming responsibility, urging an FBI investigation; Laura Loomer, per LiveIranNews, claims Graham may have been poisoned by Russia or the IRGC.source