Key facts
- A Pentagon inspector general report found US munitions use in a four-month campaign against Iran caused strategic inventory shortfalls.
- Iran's IRGC claimed to have intercepted and destroyed an advanced MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
- Mohsen Rezaei stated that no talks would occur until Iran’s conditions are met.
- Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen killed three people, including two children.
- Houthi attacks on Saudi cities injured 13 civilians.
- Israeli forces killed a 54-year-old Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.
The Pentagon's inspector general has reported that munitions used during a four-month US campaign against Iran led to "strategic inventory shortfalls" and exposed "industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply." This assessment comes as geopolitical tensions remain high in the Middle East.
In a separate incident, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Monday that it had intercepted and destroyed an advanced MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, citing the country's air defense system. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, commented on X that US President Donald Trump was sending "mixed" signals and insisted that no talks would occur until Iran’s conditions were met.
Meanwhile, in Yemen, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that Saudi-led coalition air strikes in the southwestern Taiz province resulted in three fatalities, including two children, and wounded two others. The Saudi-led coalition stated that 13 civilians were injured in Houthi attacks targeting the Saudi cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, and Taif on Monday.
Separately, Israeli forces shot dead a 54-year-old Palestinian man, identified as Ziad Mohammed Jaber, during a dawn raid in el-Bireh in the occupied West Bank. He was treated for gunshot wounds at the scene and later died at the hospital.