Overnight, US military forces conducted a two-hour wave of airstrikes targeting multiple locations in southern Iran. The military action follows public comments made by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, in which he stated that the United States would respond to Iran "very hard."

According to Ahmad Nafisi, an official in the Hormozgan province, one of the strikes hit a residential home in the city of Qeshm. Nafisi reported that the attack resulted in the deaths of three family members and left two children, aged 7 and 9, injured. While the Middle East Eye reports these specific civilian casualties, there has been no immediate confirmation or detailed breakdown of the military objectives or the full scope of the damage from US government sources. The situation remains developing as regional officials assess the impact of the strikes across the southern provinces.