Places in this day's records
4 places · 3 events not on the map
Israel · Eastern Province · New York · Riyadh
29 October 2026
8 events recorded (3 confirmed), and 17 statements counted apart.
29 October 2026 in brief
Shrapnel from the interception of two Houthi ballistic missiles over Riyadh wounded one Saudi citizen, Saudi Civil Defence said; the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed them and one fired toward the Eastern Province, and Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said his forces fired missiles and a drone at refineries and airports and attacked a military headquarters in the Najran region. [1][2] In the Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO said its report indicated a small boat had attached two explosive devices to the hull of an outbound tanker about 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, named by security sources to Reuters as the Louise 1, and that a dhow caught fire and sank about 9 nautical miles north of Khasab, its crew evacuated; the IRGC Navy said three unnamed tankers hit mines in 24 hours. [1][2] Houthi-run Saba said Saudi aircraft struck the Mokha and Dhubab districts near the Bab el-Mandeb; Yemen's UN ambassador wrote to the Security Council asking for measures to protect civil airports, saying the Houthis had targeted Aden airport with ballistic missiles on 28 October, Ajel reported, and the transport minister said the airport returned to normal operations on Thursday morning. [1][2] Israel's Shin Bet opened a limited investigation into foreign influence after Likud said the election had been stolen with foreign funding, a claim the Central Elections Committee said had no basis and Qatar denied any part in, and military prosecutors indicted a soldier accused of passing information to Iranian agents for cryptocurrency. [1][5] The Pentagon's casualty system put US service members killed at 23, 11 of them by hostile action, Iran said it was discussing a plan with mediators to end the war and reopen Hormuz while a senior Iranian official said the strait would stay closed until Iran's conditions were fully met, and the IRGC said it downed an MQ-1 drone off Sirik. [1]
New count
23
combatants killed, Middle East (CENTCOM area)
US Department of Defense · by its own count
as of 29 Oct
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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi forces carried out six operations: ballistic missiles at the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries, a missile at an Aramco facility in Abqaiq, several missiles at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a drone at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and an attack on a Saudi military headquarters in the Najran region, which he said caused deaths and injuries.
Ansar Allah (the Houthis)
29 Oct · to a mixed audience
Reported by 21 September Radio
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Government of Israel: The Central Elections Committee's acting director-general, Din Livne, wrote that there was no basis to claims of a systematic compromise of the election's integrity.
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Likud: Likud said in a statement that Israel's election had been stolen by Arab-majority parties helped by foreign funding, and named Iran among the fronts at stake.
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Ansar Allah (the Houthis): Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi forces carried out six operations: ballistic missiles at the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries, a missile at an Aramco facility in Abqaiq, several missiles at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a drone at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and an attack on a Saudi military headquarters in the Najran region, which he said caused deaths and injuries.
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Government of Qatar: Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari denied that Qatar interfered in Israel's election and said Qatar should not be used as a scapegoat for the political failures of certain Israeli politicians.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The IRGC Navy said the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz is mined and told ship owners and crews to ignore CENTCOM, which had said on 28 October that the lanes were clear. IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi told CENTCOM to prove its mine-clearing claim with independent evidence.
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Government of Saudi Arabia: Saudi Civil Defence said shrapnel from the interception over Riyadh wounded one citizen and damaged a house and a vehicle, and that it had issued warning alerts for Riyadh, al-Kharj governorate and Najran.
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Government of the United Kingdom: The UK prime minister said Britain was doing everything it could to support the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said air defences intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles the Houthis fired toward Riyadh.
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Islamic Republic of Iran Army: The public relations office of Iran's army navy said that before noon on Thursday a tanker operating in a restricted area east of the Strait of Hormuz was damaged and caught fire after striking naval mines and was unable to move. It named no ship.
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Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: The coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward the Eastern Province.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The IRGC Navy said that over the past 24 hours three tankers that had switched off their navigation systems exploded and caught fire after hitting mines on what it called the unauthorized southern route through the Strait of Hormuz, and were abandoned off the strait's southern coast. It named no ship.
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Government of Iran: Iran's armed forces said at least four tankers had caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, AFP reported.
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Government of Yemen (internationally recognised, Presidential Leadership Council): Transport Minister Mohsen Haidara Al-Omari said Aden International Airport returned to normal operations on Thursday morning after runway repairs.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: The IRGC said its air defences intercepted and destroyed an MQ-1 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Sirik a few hours before its statement, and called it the 14th MQ-1 it had downed. It did not name the operator; no US comment was found.
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Government of Yemen (internationally recognised, Presidential Leadership Council): Yemen's UN ambassador Abdullah Al-Saadi wrote to the Security Council that the Houthis targeted Aden International Airport with several ballistic missiles on 28 October, forcing flights to divert, and asked for measures to protect civil airports, accountability for those responsible and full implementation of resolutions 2140 and 2216, including the arms embargo.
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Government of Iran: Iran said it was discussing a plan with mediators to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and that it had received a letter from US Vice President Vance, Khaleej Times reported. A senior Iranian official said Iran would not reopen Hormuz until its conditions were fully met.
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Government of the United States: A White House official told VOA that President Trump keeps all options on the table to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.