# [FLASH] US–Iran Strikes Hit Bahrain, Oman, Jordan as Hormuz Jamming Threatens Gulf Oil Flows *Monday, July 13, 2026 at 6:25 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk* **Detected**: 2026-07-13T06:25:35.226Z (2h ago) **Tags**: US-Iran, Gulf, Hormuz, Missiles, DroneWarfare, Oil, MiddleEast, Bahrain **Sources**: OSINT **Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/14242.md **Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries --- **Summary**: Between 05:40 and 06:17 UTC, U.S. forces reported hitting dozens of Iranian air defence, missile, drone and naval sites deep inside Iran, while Iran’s IRGC claimed missile and drone salvos on U.S. infrastructure in Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and Kuwait. Heavy signal jamming in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of air-defense activity near Abu Dhabi raise direct risk to tanker traffic, Gulf energy exports, and regional financial hubs. ## Detail U.S.–Iran confrontation entered a riskier, more openly bilateral phase overnight, with U.S. Central Command stating around 05:41–05:42 UTC that American forces struck “dozens” of targets across Iran, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming retaliatory missile and drone attacks on multiple U.S-linked sites across the Gulf by 06:17 UTC. At the same time, heavy signal jamming was reported in the Strait of Hormuz and sirens sounded in Bahrain, marking the most acute threat to global oil arteries since the 2019–2020 tanker and Abqaiq attacks. Confirmed and claimed details: • Around 05:41 UTC (Report 28), U.S. military officials said they struck air defence systems, radar sites, missile and UAV facilities, and small boats at multiple locations in Iran, with Iranian media citing explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Sirik, Jask and Khuzestan. At least one person was reported killed and four wounded at a water pumping station in Mahshahr. • Opposition-linked reporting at 06:13 UTC (Report 3) listed a broad target set including Qeshm, Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Jask, Bushehr, Khondab near Arak, and multiple sites across Khuzestan Province, indicating strikes extended from the Strait-facing coast into strategic interior infrastructure. • By 05:43–05:47 UTC (Report 27), Iran’s IRGC said it had hit U.S. military infrastructure in Juffair, Bahrain, and destroyed long-range air surveillance and maritime radar sites in Oman in a “fifth round” of retaliation. • At 05:40 UTC, sirens were reported in Bahrain (Report 20), and at 05:35–05:34 UTC unconfirmed accounts suggested air defense activity and explosions near Abu Dhabi (Reports 21–22), raising concern that Iranian drones or missiles may be probing UAE airspace or targeting shipping. • At 05:42 UTC, “heavy signal jamming in the Strait of Hormuz” was reported (Report 18), implying degraded GPS and communications for commercial and military vessels transiting the world’s key oil chokepoint. • By 06:17 UTC, IRGC channels were claiming responsibility for attacks on American targets in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain (Report 1), substantially widening the declared battlespace for U.S. basing. • A debris image of a U.S. “LUCAS” strike drone intercepted over Iran (Report 2) underscores that U.S. unmanned systems are operating deep inside contested airspace. For civilians and industries, this turns a primarily proxy-based confrontation into a direct cross-border exchange that touches dense population centers and critical infrastructure. Residents and expatriate workers in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and potentially the UAE are directly exposed to missile alerts, and military families at U.S. bases in Juffair and other Gulf facilities are now within an openly acknowledged strike envelope. Commercial shipping companies, tanker crews, and insurers face immediate uncertainty about the safety of Hormuz and adjacent sea lanes under conditions of electronic jamming and potential misidentification of vessels. Militarily, the U.S. has demonstrated willingness to engage a wide target set across Iran’s coastal and interior regions, including air defence, maritime and missile infrastructure, while Iran has, at least in its own narrative, answered by striking U.S.-linked bases and radar networks in multiple states. Strikes on long-range air and maritime surveillance in Oman, if verified, would be an attempt to blind parts of the U.S. and allied early-warning network covering the Arabian Sea and Hormuz. The mix of ballistic missiles, drones, and heavy jamming increases the risk of miscalculation, accidental engagement of civilian aircraft or neutral shipping, and escalation involving additional Gulf monarchies. For markets, this sequence re-prices tail risks into near-term scenarios. Any sustained perception of threat to Hormuz—through jamming, attempted vessel strikes, or higher insurance premiums—could push Brent and WTI sharply higher intra-day and disrupt forward curves for crude and LNG. Refining margins and product spreads may widen on perceived risk to exports out of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran. Regional equity markets in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar are exposed to sell-offs in banking, aviation, tourism, and port/logistics names. Sovereign CDS for Gulf issuers, and potentially for Iran-linked counterparties, can be expected to widen; gold and other safe havens typically attract inflows in this configuration. Over the next 24–48 hours, key pressure points to monitor are: (1) verified damage and casualty assessments at Juffair and any Omani radar or surveillance sites, as well as any confirmed strikes in Jordan or Kuwait; (2) AIS behavior, insurance advisories, and any re-routing of tankers around Hormuz; (3) clear indications from Abu Dhabi or Dubai on whether their air defenses engaged real threats or false alarms; (4) any U.S. signaling of follow-on strikes or new defensive deployments in the Gulf; and (5) OPEC+ or key Gulf producers’ statements on export continuity. Any move from sporadic strikes to declared restrictions on shipping or formal closure threats to Hormuz would require immediate reassessment at CRITICAL level. **MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:** High immediate upside pressure on oil and refined products and on gold; downside risk to Gulf equities and shipping; potential safe-haven flows into USD and U.S. Treasuries but watch for Gulf FX and risk premia widening.