US strikes, 2026: every reported incident
Strikes, attacks and seizures that reporting at the time attributed to the United States. Each row links to the outlet or official statement that reported it.
The ledger logs incidents covered in our own reporting that we could tie to a named source. It is not an exhaustive count of every attack in these conflicts.
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- September 14, 2026
Where
- Middle East (land)
- Strait of Hormuz
- Other theaters
What was hit
- Military
- Commercial vessel
- Mixed
- Civilian infrastructure
- Naval vessel
- Aircraft / drone
Weapon, where reported
- Airstrike
- Missile
- Boarding
- Drone
All events attributed to the United States
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| Date | Region | Place | Actor | Target | What was reported | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hormuz · | Near Larak Island, Strait of Hormuz | United States | Naval vesselMissile | U.S. forces destroyed two IRGC Navy boats after Iranian forces attempted to seize an American unmanned surface vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, killing most of those aboard.Our report | Axios ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Kharg Island, Strait of Hormuz | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | U.S. forces struck multiple IRGC-linked Iranian oil tankers for a second time after Iran launched additional attempted missile attacks on a U.S. Navy warship.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Kharg Island and Jask port | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | U.S. forces struck multiple IRGC-linked Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and Jask port in response to attempts to disrupt passage through the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bushehr nuclear power plant | United States | EnergyAirstrike | Iranian state media reported U.S. forces struck the perimeter of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on the Persian Gulf coast.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Kharg Island, Strait of Hormuz | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | U.S. Central Command struck three Iranian crude oil carriers near Kharg Island after Iran's IRGC fired missiles at two U.S. Navy warships; forces disabled two tankers and sank a third.Our report | Task and Purpose ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Naval vesselMissile | U.S. forces struck Iranian vessels inside the Strait of Hormuz under a new "tanker for tanker" policy, the first direct U.S. strikes on Iranian ships in the strait itself.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Ahvaz and Aghajari, Khuzestan province | United States | MilitaryMissile | U.S. missiles struck two locations in Iran's Khuzestan province near Ahvaz and Aghajari, killing at least seven people including IRGC Aerospace Force members.Reported: 7 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Bandar Abbas area, Strait of Hormuz | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US Central Command launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian targets as explosions were reported east of Bandar Abbas, retaliation for Iranian targeting of US forces.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Kuhestak, Hormozgan province | United States | ResidentialMissile | A U.S. missile strike hit a wedding celebration at a private home in the Baloch town of Kuhestak in Iran's Hormozgan province, killing at least four people including a child and wounding 68.Reported: 4 killed, 68 injuredOur report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Larak Island, Strait of Hormuz | United States | Military | U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz after they were spotted preparing to fire, the first U.S. strike on Iranian assets in weeks.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Other · | Eastern Pacific Ocean | United States | Commercial vessel | The U.S. military struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people, in the first such attack in months.Reported: 2 killedOur report | AP News ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman | United States | Commercial vessel | US Central Command disabled a Panama-flagged cargo tanker in the Gulf of Oman for attempting to violate the US naval blockade on Iranian ports.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | ResidentialAirstrike | A US strike hit a residential home on Qeshm Island, Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation against US facilities in Kuwait.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas, Abu Musa, Kish Island and Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck southern Iran, with explosions reported at Bandar Abbas and the islands of Abu Musa, Kish and Qeshm, in retaliation for Iran's missile attack on a US base in Jordan.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Multiple Iraqi provinces (PMF headquarters) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US and Saudi forces conducted coordinated airstrikes on Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters across several Iraqi provinces, killing at least 20 fighters and wounding 32.Reported: 20 killed, 32 injuredOur report | Middle East Monitor ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Near Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran | United States | MilitaryMissile | A US missile struck an uninhabited area near the northwestern Iranian border city of Piranshahr, the first reported US strike on Iranian soil in this cycle.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Commercial vessel | US forces disabled a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.Our report | BBC ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas and islands, Strait of Hormuz, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck Bandar Abbas and islands in the Strait of Hormuz in a 13th consecutive night of strikes, injuring at least two people.Reported: 2 injuredOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (various sites) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US Central Command completed a 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, deploying a B-1 bomber flown from the United Kingdom for the first time in the campaign.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Shalamcheh border crossing, Iran | United States | Civilian infrastructureAirstrike | A US strike on Iran's Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq killed at least two people and wounded eleven others.Reported: 2 killed, 11 injuredOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (unspecified targets) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US Central Command said American forces began a new round of strikes on Iranian military targets at Trump's direction, distinct from the earlier overnight 11th-night wave.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (various sites) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck Iran for an 11th consecutive night, with explosions reported across multiple areas of the country.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas, Sirik Island and Qeshm, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | CENTCOM opened a tenth consecutive night of strikes on Iran, with explosions reported at Bandar Abbas, Sirik Island and Qeshm.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Tabriz, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | A reported US strike on the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz killed an Iranian military officer, the first strike to reach the city in the current conflict.Reported: 1 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Darkhovin, Khuzestan Province, Iran | United States | EnergyAirstrike | US forces struck the construction site of Iran's Darkhovin nuclear power plant.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (various sites) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck Iranian targets for a ninth consecutive night, aimed at degrading Iran's ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryMissile | At least six missiles struck Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz as part of the US campaign against Iran.Our report | Middle East Monitor ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Southern Iran and near the Strait of Hormuz | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck Iran overnight for an eighth consecutive night, with strikes hitting southern Iran and targets around the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | BBC ↗ | |
| Middle East · | 20 villages, Hormozgan Province, Iran | United States | Civilian infrastructureAirstrike | US airstrikes cut water access for roughly 10,000 residents across 20 villages in Iran's Hormozgan province.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island and Larak Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck coastal installations near Bandar Abbas and the islands of Qeshm and Larak in a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Highway tunnel and bridges linking Bandar Abbas to Hajiabad, Iran | United States | Civilian infrastructureAirstrike | US forces struck a highway tunnel and at least two bridges linking Bandar Abbas to Hajiabad, continuing a campaign against Iranian transportation infrastructure.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman | United States | Commercial vesselBoarding · Seized | US Marines boarded the tanker M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman as part of the renewed blockade of Iranian ports.Our report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bridges in southern Iran, including Bandar Khamir | United States | Civilian infrastructureAirstrike | US airstrikes destroyed five bridges and a port tower in southern Iran, killing at least seven civilians.Reported: 7 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz, en route to Kharg Island | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | US forces disabled an unladen oil tanker with Hellfire missiles as it tried to reach Iran's Kharg Island crude export terminal.Our report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Near Qeshm Island, southern Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck locations near Qeshm Island in southern Iran in a sixth consecutive night of strikes.Our report | Middle East Monitor ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Northern Iran, near Tehran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US strikes expanded into northern Iran and hit closer to Tehran for the first time since the current wave of attacks began.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bampur, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US strikes killed at least seven Iranian personnel at an army base in Bampur, Sistan and Baluchestan province.Reported: 7 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (air defense, coastal radar, missile and drone sites) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck a second wave of Iranian military targets Wednesday evening, hitting air defense, coastal radar, and missile and drone sites.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Marine control tower and an island near Strait of Hormuz, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck an Iranian marine control tower and an island near the Strait of Hormuz, targeting capabilities used to attack shipping.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, Iran | United States | MixedAirstrike | U.S. forces struck Iranian port cities Bushehr and Bandar Abbas in a third consecutive night of strikes, killing at least three people.Reported: 3 killedOur report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Hajiabad and Sirik, Hormozgan Province, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | U.S. forces struck dozens of additional military targets near the Strait of Hormuz, including sites near Hajiabad and Sirik in Hormozgan province.Our report | The Hill ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | U.S. forces struck Iran for a fourth consecutive day, with Iranian state TV reporting a strike on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Abadan, Iran | United States | MixedMissile | U.S. missiles struck three locations in Iran's oil city of Abadan, killing at least two people and wounding three.Reported: 2 killed, 3 injuredOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Isfahan, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | A U.S. strike on a military base in Isfahan, Iran, killed at least one person and wounded seven, part of a broader wave hitting dozens of Iranian sites.Reported: 1 killed, 7 injuredOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas, Iran | United States | Naval vesselDrone | U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessels struck an Iranian submarine and ship-maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas, the first combat use of sea drones by the U.S. military.Our report | Defense News ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (Hormuz-facing missile and coastal-defense sites) | United States | MilitaryMissile | U.S. forces struck Iranian missile systems and coastal-defense infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz in two strike waves, with Trump saying the U.S. had hit Iran "very hard."Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (unspecified sites) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | CENTCOM's third round of strikes on Iran, launched after an IRGC attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, killed Iranian navy Lieutenant Hamidreza Dehghani.Reported: 1 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iranshahr Airport and Chabahar Port, Iran | United States | MixedAirstrike | U.S. strikes killed a firefighter at Iranshahr airport and hit maritime traffic control infrastructure at Chabahar port in southeastern Iran.Reported: 1 killedOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Railway bridge, northern Iran | United States | Civilian infrastructureAirstrike | U.S. forces struck a railway bridge in northern Iran on the transit corridor linking Iran to Russia and China.Our report | Middle East Monitor ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Five provinces, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | U.S. Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military targets across five provinces, killing at least 14 people and wounding 78, Iran's Health Ministry said.Reported: 14 killed, 78 injuredOur report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | CENTCOM struck Iranian anti-ship missile sites, coastal radar and air-defense batteries near Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Qeshm Island in retaliation for tanker attacks.Our report | CNBC ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Near Sirik, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces conducted a second round of strikes on Iranian targets after the Panama-flagged tanker attack; Iranian state media said projectiles hit a telecommunications tower near Sirik.Our report | Jerusalem Post ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran's northern Hormuz shore (missile/drone storage, coastal radar) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | CENTCOM struck Iranian missile and drone storage facilities and coastal radar positions in response to the drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | BBC ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Aircraft / droneIntercepted | US Central Command shot down two Iranian-made drones near the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (nuclear and military sites) | United States | MixedAirstrike | A second US strike package hit Iranian nuclear and military sites, prompting Iran to declare the Strait of Hormuz closed to all shipping.Our report | Al Jazeera ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces carried out strikes against Iranian targets, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the response to the downed Apache helicopter.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman | United States | Commercial vesselAirstrike | A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet struck and disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it transited toward an Iranian loading port.Our report | Defense News ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Aircraft / droneIntercepted | US forces shot down two Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz on day 100 of the war.Our report | Middle East Monitor ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Aircraft / droneIntercepted | US forces shot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Iran (radar installations and coastal facilities) | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck Iranian radar installations and coastal facilities in response to a fresh wave of Iranian drone launches, which Tehran called a ceasefire violation.Our report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Other · | Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka | United States | Commercial vesselBoarding · Seized | US Indo-Pacific Command forces boarded and seized the sanctioned supertanker MT Davina, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of Iranian crude, in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka.Our report | Defense News ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US forces struck a communications tower and ground control station on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a self-defense action.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Approaches to Iran's ports | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | A US aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the unladen, Botswana-flagged tanker M/T Lexie after it ignored 24 hours of warnings and attempted to breach the US naval blockade of Iran's ports.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Middle East · | Goruk and Qeshm Island, Iran | United States | MilitaryAirstrike | US Central Command struck Iranian radar and command-and-control sites for drones at Goruk and Qeshm Island, calling the operation self-defense.Our report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | A US aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the Gambia-flagged M/V Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman after the ship ignored more than 20 warnings, disabling it.Our report | Task & Purpose ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Near Larak Island, Strait of Hormuz | United States | MixedAirstrike | US forces struck Iranian missile sites and small boats near Larak Island that officials said were laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian media reporting four killed.Reported: 4 killedOur report | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Near Bandar Abbas, Strait of Hormuz approaches | United States | MixedAirstrike | US forces struck Iranian missile launch sites and small boats attempting to lay mines near the Strait of Hormuz approaches, calling the action self-defense.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman | United States | Commercial vesselBoarding · Turned back | US Marines boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, searched it, and ordered the crew to alter course under the US blockade on Iranian ports.Our report | Middle East Eye ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz | United States | Commercial vesselMissile | US naval forces fired precision strikes disabling the Iranian-flagged tankers M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda as they attempted to breach the US naval blockade.Our report | NPR ↗ | |
| Hormuz · | Strait of Hormuz | United States | Naval vessel | US naval forces sank six Iranian small boats that approached a commercial convoy during the first Project Freedom escort transit through the Strait of Hormuz.Our report | Bloomberg ↗ |
No events match these filters.
Our reporting
- IRGC Tries to Seize U.S. Navy Drone; Two Iranian Boats Destroyed
- U.S. Strikes IRGC Tankers Again After Iran Targets Navy Warship
- U.S. Forces Strike Multiple Iranian Tankers Near Kharg Island
- U.S. Strikes Perimeter of Bushehr Nuclear Plant, State Media Reports
- U.S. Strikes Three Iranian Tankers After IRGC Missiles Target Navy Warships
- US Strikes Three Iranian Oil Tankers After IRGC Attacks US Warships
- US Strikes Three Iranian Tankers; Hegseth Threatens Full Fleet
- US Strikes Three Iranian Tankers After IRGC Missile Attack on Warships
- US Missile Strikes Iranian Oil Tanker Near Kharg Island
- US Missile Strikes Iranian Oil Tanker Near Kharg Island
- US Strike on Iranian Wedding Kills Civilians, Vance Confirms Probe
- US Strikes Kill 18 in Iran; Wedding Strike Leaves 4 Dead Including Child
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