Places in this day's records
5 places · 1 event not on the map
Ankara · Chabahar · Iran · Kuwait · Strait of Hormuz
8 July 2026
6 events recorded (4 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
8 July 2026 in brief
Lebanon's National News Agency said an Israeli drone killed two young men walking near Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and the health ministry put the toll at 4,321 killed. [1][2] IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said nearly 6,000 seafarers were stranded in the Strait of Hormuz and called for 'maximum restraint and de-escalation'. [1] A second night of US strikes hit about 90 military targets across Iran from Chabahar to Aq Qala, CENTCOM said, and IRNA said a firefighter was killed at Iranshahr airport. [1] The IRGC said it targeted 85 US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Kuwait said it intercepted two ballistic missiles and 13 drones with no damage or casualties. [1] Trump said at the NATO summit in Ankara that he thought the ceasefire was 'over' but that US negotiators could keep talking, while Ghalibaf said the strait 'will only open with Iranian arrangements, not American threats'. [1]
New count
at least
4,321
killed, Lebanon
Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon · by its own count
as of 8 Jul
Said
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said clause five of the memorandum gives Iran sole responsibility for arranging safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Government of Iran
8 Jul · to a foreign audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Market
$76.50
Brent crude, per barrel
+8% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
8 Jul · US Energy Information Administration
Reported
Confirmed
Confirmed
Confirmed
Reported
Confirmed
Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
Said
Government of Iran: Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said clause five of the memorandum gives Iran sole responsibility for arranging safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Said
Government of Iran: Parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz 'will only open with Iranian arrangements, not American threats' and warned: 'if you strike, you'll get hit'.