The Al Abdali Border Crossing between Iraq and Kuwait was temporarily closed earlier today after a building on the Kuwaiti side of the border was targeted by an Iranian one-way attack drone, likely in response to missile strikes this morning on sites near the border with Iran by the U.S. Army.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, who was killed in an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, seen during a ceremony at an unspecified date. May she rest in peace.

The New York Times, citing U.S. military officials, reports that nearly a dozen U.S. service members wounded in recent Iranian missile and drone attacks were evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for treatment.

The report comes a day after the Wall Street Journal revealed that approximately 150 additional medical personnel had been deployed to Germany.

Although the Pentagon says 96% of the roughly 100 U.S. troops injured since early July have returned to duty, the Times reporting aligns with flight activity documented by @TheIntelFrog, which has tracked 10 U.S. Air Force medical evacuation missions since July 1; eight from the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility to Germany and two continuing on to the United States.

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During an interview early Thursday with Axios, President Trump said that he is considering a “massive attack” on Iran, as daily tit-for-tat strikes between Tehran and Washington continue into their second week, with him stating: “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.”

President Trump said Israel “would join in two minutes if I ask them to,” but added that “we don't need anybody” to launch a new operation against Iran, suggesting that there would be “consequences” against Israel if they targeted Iran.

According to an exclusive report today from CBS News, citing U.S. officials who spoke on a condition of anonymity, the rate at which the United States is expending some of its most advanced air-defense interceptors and precision-guided weapons in the Middle East is a point of great tension inside the Trump Administration.

Dwindling stockpiles of defensive interceptors and long-range missiles, including stocks of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), have become a pressure point for top military and civilian leaders who are weighing the demands of the war with Iran against maintaining readiness to deter other adversaries, including China.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that the 13th consecutive night of strikes against targets in Iran began at 6:45 p.m. ET.

Video posted online earlier shows an unidentified object, possibly a surveillance drone or other aircraft, in flames over Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of War lowered the total number of American servicemembers officially killed during the Iran War from 18 to 14, removing the four servicemembers killed during the most recent round of hostilities in the Middle East; 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, who were killed last week by an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Jordan, and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, who died as a result of a controlled demolition of an Iranian one-way attack drone in Iraq. Three military officials told The New York Times that one reason behind the change was that their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a ceasefire with Iran in April.

The New York Times is reporting that Iran has rejected a ceasefire proposal from President Donald J. Trump carried to Tehran by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.

Several possible explosions and air-defense activity reported to the north of Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s state-run Mehr News Agency reports that air defenses have been activated to “counter hostile targets” to the east of Tehran.

Iranian locals are reporting a massive explosion with a large shockwave within the last few minutes near Firuzabad, in the Fars Province of Southwestern Iran.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the completion of the 13th consecutive night of strikes against targets in Iran designed to diminish the threat that Iran poses to commercial shipping in the region.

Ukraine’s strike campaign against the Russian online retailer Wildberries - which provides direct logistical support to the Russian Armed Forces - is continuing, with one-way attack drones striking and setting ablaze a distribution warehouse this morning in the city of St. Petersburg, over 500 miles from the northern border with Ukraine.

Video footage allegedly showing the impact of an Iranian short-range ballistic missile earlier near the Headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that U.S. forces have disabled a second vessel attempting to violate the naval blockade of Iran.

According to CENTCOM, the motor tanker 'Lavine' made multiple attempts to breach the blockade. After warnings went unheeded, U.S. forces struck the vessel's engine room, rendering it inoperable.

CENTCOM has not disclosed where the incident occurred, and it remains unclear whether a formal statement with additional details will be released.

The New York Times, citing multiple people briefed on the matter, reports that President Donald J. Trump switched from the Qatari donated Boeing 747-8 to the legacy Air Force One during the NATO summit after the Secret Service received what officials deemed a credible threat that Iranian proxy forces were targeting the president and whatever aircraft he was traveling aboard.

The Qatari donated 747-8 is currently serving as the VC-25B "Bridge" aircraft, a temporary presidential transport intended to fill the gap until Boeing delivers the long delayed next generation VC-25B fleet. According to the report, the threat was not specific to the aircraft itself, but the incident has renewed scrutiny over its defensive capabilities, as it lacks some of the advanced defensive systems carried by the current VC-25A and future VC-25B fleets.

President Trump appeared to acknowledge those limitations earlier this week when, after being asked about the aircraft's lack of antimissile defenses, he told reporters the jet would soon be taken out of service to be "maxed out" with additional upgrades, a process that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed would take approximately one month.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/us/politics/trump-plane-iran-threat.html