Live: U.S. Hits 140 Iranian Military Sites in Third Wave; Hormuz Closed, Qatar Base Struck

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Sunday that it had attacked and disabled a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC also stated it launched ballistic missiles at the U.S. strategic air base at Al Udeid in Qatar, claiming to have destroyed the base's fighter jet maintenance centre and its command and control facility.

The United Arab Emirates issued a public alert warning of an imminent missile and drone attack, while blasts were audible in neighbouring Qatar. It was not immediately clear which part of the UAE was under threat — the country had not been targeted in this latest wave of Iranian attacks. An AP journalist heard the explosions in Qatar on Sunday morning, though no immediate information was available on their cause. The United States had already carried out two rounds of airstrikes against Iran last week following attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

British maritime agency UKMTO reported Sunday that the crew of a vessel damaged near the Omani coastline had vacated the ship following an attack that the United States attributed to Iran. "UKMTO has been informed by military authorities and the CSO of the vessel that the crew have abandoned the vessel and are currently embarked in a lifeboat," the agency stated. The incident took place around 17 kilometres (10 miles) off the eastern coast of Oman. Iran had earlier claimed responsibility for halting the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the ship had repeatedly disregarded instructions to travel along an approved navigation route.

A U.S. military delegation met with Lebanon's armed forces in Beirut to discuss the mechanics of implementing Israel's withdrawal from a "pilot zone" in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The visit follows a framework agreement reached on June 26 under which Israel is set to progressively pull its forces from parts of southern Lebanon where it had deployed troops against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia movement. Under this arrangement, Lebanon's military — long excluded from those areas — will assume full control of two small sections designated as pilot zones. "The American military delegation arrived and began meetings with the Lebanese army command to discuss the mechanisms for implementing the first pilot zone from which the Israelis will withdraw, allowing the Lebanese army to deploy," the official said. "This is the main objective the American military delegation is bringing to Lebanon... it is the translation and implementation of the framework agreement," the official added.

Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed "until further notice" on Sunday after its forces fired on a vessel accused of travelling through an unauthorised route, prompting U.S. retaliatory strikes that placed further strain on an already fragile ceasefire. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they struck and halted a ship that had persistently defied repeated orders to use an approved shipping corridor, according to a statement carried by state news agency IRNA. The U.S. military launched strikes on Iran in retaliation for the attacks on civilian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions across the region.

Iran's state-run media reported that the situation in the coastal towns of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask was currently calm.