US, Iran widen attacks in return to full–blown war

US, Iran widen attacks in return to full–blown war NEWS WIRE July 18, 2026 Newspaper, International, Top Stories Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Twitter US sending dozens of refueling aircraft to Israel ahead of potential attack on Iran Iran said to tell Hezbollah, allies to prepare for wider conflict 8 reported killed in overnight US strikes on Iran IRGC says it targeted US aircraft, radar systems in Jordan, Qatar; Kuwait says water plant hit, troops hurt in drone attacks. DUBAI/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON - The US has reportedly notified Israel that it is sending dozens of additional refueling aircraft to Israel, as US President Donald Trump weighs launching another massive bombing offensive against Iran. BISP payments suspended in Shangla due to biometric SIM shortage US and Israeli officials tell the Axios news site that Trump could escalate the strikes against Iran in the coming days, following six consecutive nights of American bombing campaigns of targets across Iran, after the breakdown of last month’s MOU.

There are currently 33 US aerial refueling tankers parked at Ben Gurion Airport, which has crowded out other planes used for commercial flights. Transportation Minister Miri Regev announced earlier this week that the number would drop to 20, as she tries to prevent summer flight disruptions — although a report suggested that Regev may seek in October to use them as an excuse to try and halt charter flights of Israeli returning to vote in the upcoming election. Residents demand effective action as stray dog population increases in Rawalpindi While Regev said the US military aircraft would be directed to land at Israeli military bases instead, CENTCOM reportedly prefers the access and infrastructure of Ben Gurion Airport.

The Axios news site first says the US “notified” Israel of the planned arrival of additional refuelers, suggesting Jerusalem doesn’t have a say in the matter, but the report later says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have a final say on the issue. An unsourced report from the Ynet news site says the additional planes in question heading for Israel are not expected to land at Ben Gurion Airport, and that five to eight planes are slated to arrive per day. The United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East on Friday, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.

KMU, UCL sign accord to advance genetic disease diagnosis The U.S. expanded its attacks against Iran by hitting more bridges and energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, following through on President Donald Trump’s threats to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the waterway vital to world energy supplies.

In response, Iran launched missiles into U.S.-allied nations in the Mideast, including Qatar, a mediator in the war, and Kuwait, where one of the desert nation’s water desalination plants was damaged.

The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, and the collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that began more than four months ago. US awards Fulbright scholarships to 85 Pak students for graduate studies Iranian officials say recent U.S.

strikes have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds, with new casualties reported Friday, when the U.S. military also acknowledged more injured service members.

Iran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic after the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb.

28. That sent the price of oil soaring and gave Iran significant leverage in negotiations. The price of oil rose Friday above $86 a barrel, close to its highest level in a month, as crossings through the strait fell to a three-week low, according to an international shipping tracker.

Kundi assures support for early assent to KP Hindu Marriage Act 2026 In an address to the American public on Thursday evening, Trump insisted the war was going well. “We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly,” he said. Before the war began, the U.

S. had been in talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Trump now faces political pressure to bring the war to a close and avoid the kind of prolonged Middle East conflict he had campaigned against.

Bridges and ‘electrical infrastructure’ hit in Iran The U.S. airstrikes hit bridges overnight into Friday in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, Iranian state television reported.

The attacks hit Bandar Khamir, a city on Iran’s coast on the Strait of Hormuz. The highway and railway bridge strikes appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas, Iran’s main port, from roads leading into the Islamic Republic’s central region onward to Tehran, the capital. Iran acknowledged “attacks on power infrastructure” during the U.

S. airstrike campaign for the first time Friday when its Energy Ministry issued a call for people t