An Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan killed two U.S. service members late Friday and left a third missing, U.S. Central Command said, drawing an eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iranian military targets Saturday.

The deaths raise the U.S. military toll of the five-month war with Iran to 16 and push the collapsing Islamabad ceasefire further from repair, eleven days after President Trump declared the deal "over" on July 8. Oil futures ended Friday at their highest closes since mid-June, and Iran's insistence that the Strait of Hormuz remained shut to shipping placed fresh strain on a corridor that normally carries about 20 percent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas. Both governments have accused the other of striking critical civilian infrastructure in recent days.

The base

Four other American service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan and have since been discharged, CENTCOM said. Others treated for minor injuries returned to duty. CBS News reported that the location was first identified by the Wall Street Journal, and the identities of the two killed were being withheld pending family notification. Prior to Saturday, U.S. forces had lost 14 personnel since the war began Feb. 28, including six killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Kuwait in March, six on a refueling plane that crashed in Iraq, and one killed at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

The retaliation

U.S. forces began the retaliatory wave at 6 p.m. Eastern Saturday and ended at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, CENTCOM said. Munitions hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites. Iranian media reported impacts near Sirik in Hormozgan province, on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, and near Shadegan in Khuzestan. Iranian outlets said an under-construction nuclear power plant at Darkhoveyn was also hit.

Central Command said the strikes were "designed to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night," referring to Friday's assault on Muwaffaq Salti. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X: "Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve." The Pentagon said it had "carried out strikes exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure" after Iran said bridges and a train station had been hit. Iran's health ministry has said at least 50 people have been killed and more than 500 injured in U.S. strikes over the past three weeks, according to the BBC.

Iran's counterstrike

Iran's army said it targeted an "ammunition depot at Al-Adiri camp and the Patriot radar and air radar" at the Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait, Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported. Kuwait's electricity ministry said Iran struck a power and water desalination plant for the second time in two days, causing a fire. Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, said its air defenses intercepted an Iranian attack. The U.S. Embassy in Amman warned Sunday that Jordanian authorities had evacuated the international airport and seaport in Aqaba over a "specific and credible threat"; a Jordanian government spokesperson denied that any such evacuation had been ordered.

Oil and shipping

Brent crude futures for September delivery rose 4.6 percent Friday to $88.10 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate for August climbed 4.5 percent to $82.49, both at their highest closes since mid-June. Each benchmark gained about 16 percent for the week, CNBC reported. About 20 percent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, the BBC reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that two vessels that had ignored warnings and pressed through the waterway were involved in "an accident" and warned other U.S.-linked ships would "certainly face accidents".

Tehran's position

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Saturday that Tehran was walking away from the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, blaming Washington for the collapse. "The United States has violated and suspended all of its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding," he said, according to CNBC. Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called Trump's signature on the deal "utterly worthless and devoid of credibility." Asked about the Iranian pullout, Trump told a NewsNation reporter he did not care.

Trump said in a Thursday primetime address, "We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly."