# [WARNING] Footage Shows Fresh U.S. Strikes Hitting Iran’s Bandar Abbas Near Hormuz, Risk Persists

*Friday, July 24, 2026 at 1:30 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Detected**: 2026-07-24T01:30:59.101Z (3h ago)
**Tags**: Iran, United States, StraitOfHormuz, Airstrikes, Oil, Shipping
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/16113.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Summary**: New video posted around 01:02 UTC shows ongoing U.S. airstrikes on Bandar Abbas, a strategic Iranian port just outside the Strait of Hormuz. The imagery confirms that Washington is still prosecuting targets near a chokepoint that carries roughly a fifth of seaborne oil, keeping military miscalculation and shipping disruption firmly on the table.

## Detail

New footage timestamped around 01:01–01:02 UTC on 24 July shows nighttime U.S. airstrikes hitting targets in Bandar Abbas, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province. The material, shared by open-source channels citing Kurdish-front outlets, visually corroborates that U.S. strikes remain active against assets in one of Iran’s most important ports on the doorstep of the Strait of Hormuz.

The videos depict multiple explosions and secondary fires in urban or near-port areas of Bandar Abbas. No official U.S. or Iranian battle damage assessment has yet been released. However, this material aligns with earlier reporting that the United States has expanded its target list across multiple Iranian cities, while Iran has activated air defenses around Tehran and rejected a ceasefire overture conveyed by the Iraqi prime minister. Source confidence is medium: visuals are consistent with recent geolocations of Bandar Abbas strikes, but independent confirmation of exact targets and damage is pending.

For people on the ground in Bandar Abbas, continued strikes mean renewed risk to port workers, transport crews, and families living in dense coastal districts close to logistics sites. Any serious damage to port terminals, fuel storage, or telecoms in the city would slow cargo operations, complicate coastal shipping, and stress emergency services. Foreign seafarers transiting nearby lanes face heightened anxiety and the prospect of route changes, delays, and higher personal risk.

From a military and security standpoint, sustained kinetic activity against Bandar Abbas keeps pressure on Iran’s naval and air assets that monitor and, in crisis, could threaten Hormuz traffic. Even without direct hits on tankers, strikes this close to the chokepoint compress decision times for local commanders and increase the chance that misidentified aircraft or vessels trigger a wider confrontation. Iran’s activation of air defenses in Tehran signals that it is bracing for broader attacks and may feel compelled to respond asymmetrically in the Gulf, via proxies, or through cyber means.

Markets are not reacting to a single strike but to the persistence and geography of this campaign. Any credible sign that damage has affected port operations, radar, or command-and-control assets tied to Hormuz surveillance would justify a fresh risk premium in Brent and WTI, support gold, and pressure risk assets across MENA. Shipping insurers will be reassessing war-risk surcharges for voyages calling at or routing near Bandar Abbas and may recommend wider exclusion zones, which in turn can lengthen voyages and marginally tighten physical crude supply in Asia.

Over the next 24–48 hours, watch for: (1) satellite or commercial imagery confirming which facilities in Bandar Abbas were hit; (2) any Iranian move to shadow, board, or harass commercial tankers near Hormuz; (3) U.S. naval posture changes, particularly carrier or destroyer repositioning; and (4) coordinated Gulf Cooperation Council or IEA messaging on supply security. A documented strike on port fuel infrastructure or an incident involving a foreign-flagged tanker would escalate this from a persistent threat environment to an explicit supply shock scenario.

**MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:**
Sustained strike activity near Bandar Abbas keeps a risk premium under Brent and WTI, supports gold, and could pressure regional equities and FX; shipping and insurance pricing for Gulf routes remain exposed to any hint of strikes spreading directly into Hormuz traffic lanes.