{"id":16630,"date":"2026-07-12T10:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16630"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:55:42","slug":"iran-war-escalates-as-us-irgc-exchange-fire-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16630","title":{"rendered":"Iran war escalates as US, IRGC exchange fire over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><!----><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"Sun Jul 12 2026 06:42:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)\">10 mins ago<\/time><!----><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><!--(-->IRGC taking aim on US allies in region: Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, India vessel<!--)--><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--(--><!--(--><!----><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they targeted military sites across several Gulf states and Jordan, marking a sharp escalation in Tehran\u2019s retaliation after recent U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The Guards claimed they destroyed a command-and-control center and drone hangars in Jordan, targeted a U.S. radar site in Kuwait, attacked U.S. aircraft carrier support and refueling platforms in Oman, and destroyed a jet maintenance center and command facility in Qatar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Qatar said three people, including a child, were injured by falling shrapnel. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Jordan\u2019s state news agency said three missiles launched from Iranian territory landed in the country early Sunday, causing minor damage but no casualties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Oman said sites in its Musandam region were targeted by drones, though it did not report whether there were casualties. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The United Arab Emirates said its defense systems engaged missiles and drones from Iran, while warning sirens sounded in Bahrain and explosions were heard in Doha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The escalation also extended to maritime traffic. India said one of its nationals was missing after an attack on the commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off Oman\u2019s coast. Ten other Indian crew members were rescued, according to India\u2019s foreign ministry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>The strikes came after Tehran warned that any retaliation over the container ship incident would be met with a \u201csevere response,\u201d expanding the conflict\u2019s reach across the Gulf and raising new concerns over regional security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--(--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--)--><!--)--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 mins ago IRGC taking aim on US allies in region: Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}