What we know: US and Iran exchange fire for the first time in a month

On Sunday night, the United States conducted its first known military strike on Iran since late July, targeting two rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. forces claimed the operation was a "limited, precise action" against Iranian mine-laying forces that posed an "imminent threat" to shipping in the critical waterway.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded with a retaliatory missile-and-drone attack on two U.S. air bases in Jordan shortly after 3 am Dubai time on Monday. The IRGC stated that several Iranian soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded in the attack, but did not provide an exact death toll. Iran vowed "response and punishment" following the U.S. strikes.

The IRGC reported causing "heavy damage" to U.S. infrastructure at the King Hussein and Al Azraq air bases, though no concrete evidence was presented. Jordan reported intercepting eight missiles that entered its airspace, destroying them before they could pose a threat to civilians or property. Despite Iran's claims of significant casualties, the scale of the attack and its impact remained unclear.