The U.S. Department of Justice charged Pakistan national Asif Merchant with plotting the assassinations of high-level U.S. officials, including potentially Donald Trump. Merchant, who has traveled frequently to Iran and has a wife and children there, recruited two U.S. law enforcement agents posing as hitmen to participate in his scheme. Federal officials arrested him on July 12.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement blaming Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, who died in an explosion while he was visiting Tehran on July 31. The statement said the operation involved a small, short-range projectile launched from outside the premises of Haniyeh's guesthouse.

Israel carried out an airstrike targeting sites around Yemen’s port of Hodeidah in retaliation for a Houthi attack on Tel Aviv using an Iranian-made drone the day before. An Israeli military spokesperson claimed the Houthis used the port to receive Iranian weapons shipments. The Houthis, who have already conducted 200 attacks on Israel since October, said they would respond.

Satellite images showed ongoing construction at Iran’s Modarres military base and Khojir missile production complex, with more than 30 new buildings across the two sites. Many of the buildings are surrounded by large dirt berms, the presence of which typically indicates missile production because the berms are designed to limit damage caused by accidental explosions. Unnamed Iranian officials confirmed that the construction was intended to increase the country's ballistic missile and drone production.