US strikes Iran in response to drone strike on commercial ship
The new strikes come in response to an Iranian drone attack on the Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz.

The new strikes come in response to an Iranian drone attack on the Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz.


![US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, on June 26, 2026. [Ken Ceden/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-1782500650.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)







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