The U.S. carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday (July 29), the U.S. military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to embroil additional countries in the region.

Footage released on Thursday (July 30) by Iranian state TV IRIB showed people clearing rubble at a residential building in search for victims after an attack in Qeshm island.

The U.S. strikes in Iran on Wednesday followed President Donald Trump's vow earlier in the day to retaliate against Iran for firing on U.S. troops.

Iran confirmed overnight that it had fired on U.S. bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and also spurned an Omani proposal to jointly manage the strait, a critical global shipping route for oil and gas.

The war began in February, when the U.S. and Israel launched a bombing campaign in Iran that Trump said would last only a few weeks. A temporary ceasefire agreement in June collapsed amid renewed fighting over the strait, which Iran says it now controls.

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QESHM, IRAN (RELEASED JULY 30, 2026) (IRIB - No use Iran, No Use BBC Persian. No use VOA Persian. No use Manoto. No use Iran International. No use Radio Farda. No use Israel) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PEOPLE CLEARING RUBBLE AT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO SEARCH FOR VICTIMS

2. PEOPLE GATHERED AT SCENE OF ATTACK