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Day 88 · The US-Israel-Iran war

26 May 2026

5 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.

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26 May 2026 in brief

Al Jazeera and Reuters reported that Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon killed at least 31 people and wounded 40, with dozens of displacement orders, and the health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 3,213 killed and 9,737 wounded. [1][2][3] WHO recorded attacks affecting health workers in Srifa and Qaraoun. [1][2] The IRGC said it reserved the right to retaliate for the US strikes and that its air defences downed a US drone over the Gulf, which the US did not confirm. [1] Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned Gulf states against hosting US bases that could be used to attack Iran, and Rubio said Hormuz had to be open one way or the other.

Written from the records it cites; every figure appears in a cited record.

Places in this day's records

Places in this day's records: Hormozgan Province, Nabatieh, Nabatieh district, Qaraoun, Srifa; 0 events not on the map. Hormozgan Province: 1 recordHormozgan ProvinceNabatieh: 1 recordNabatieh district: 1 recordQaraoun: 1 recordSrifa: 1 record

5 places · 0 events not on the map

Hormozgan Province · Nabatieh · Nabatieh district · Qaraoun · Srifa

New count

at least

3,213

killed, Lebanon

Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon · by its own count
as of 26 May · 1 other count this day

Said

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a hajj message that "the clock cannot be turned back"; in an Eid al-Adha message he warned Gulf states against hosting US bases that could be used to attack Iran and said the US was losing influence in the region.

Government of Iran
26 May · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera

Market

$102.75

Brent crude, per barrel

+45% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
26 May · US Energy Information Administration

Said: 2 statements, not counted as events

Said

Government of Iran: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a hajj message that "the clock cannot be turned back"; in an Eid al-Adha message he warned Gulf states against hosting US bases that could be used to attack Iran and said the US was losing influence in the region.

Mixed audience · en

Said

Government of the United States: Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz had to be open "one way or the other" and that talks on the draft's specific language could take "a few days".

Foreign audience · en