New count
18
combatants killed, Middle East (CENTCOM area)
US Department of Defense · by its own count
as of 26 Jul · 1 other count this day
26 July 2026
2 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 3 statements counted apart.
26 July 2026 in brief
The Lebanese army said Israeli forces were obstructing the first phase of the US-backed framework and still bulldozing and shelling in the south, as Lebanon's toll since March stood at 4,329 killed. [1] US Defense Department casualty figures put US service members killed at 18 and wounded at 624. [1][2] Syria's state news agency SANA said Israeli soldiers advanced toward villages in southwestern Syria and set up a checkpoint at Al-Ardah. [1] Mojtaba Khamenei said an unconditional end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon was Iran's primary condition for ending the war with the US. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said there were no direct or indirect negotiations with the US and that the strait remained closed, while US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said Trump had paused the attacks to give talks 'some space'.
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said intermediaries relay US messages but there are no direct or indirect negotiations, dismissed reports Iran asked for talks in Pakistan or Qatar, and said the strait remains closed.
Government of Iran
26 Jul · to a mixed audience
Reported by The National
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Said: 3 statements, not counted as events
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Government of Iran: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on X that 'the absolute, unconditional termination of the Zionist regime's aggression' against Lebanon is Iran's primary condition for ending the war with the US, and called defending Hezbollah's fighters a 'strategic mandate'.
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Government of Iran: Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said intermediaries relay US messages but there are no direct or indirect negotiations, dismissed reports Iran asked for talks in Pakistan or Qatar, and said the strait remains closed.
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Government of the United States: US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told Fox News that Trump paused the attacks to give talks time: 'He's giving talks some space, he's giving it a little bit of room.'