[Jin10 Data roundup: Middle East situation tracking (July 19)]

Conflict updates
1. The U.S. military carried out attacks on Iran for the eighth consecutive night.
2. Iran’s power and seawater desalination facilities were targeted.
3. According to Saudi satellite TV, strong explosions were heard from Abbas Port.
4. Kuwait Oil Company said an Iranian attack on a facility caused multiple casualties.
5. A seawater desalination and power generation facility in Kuwait was damaged in the attack.
6. Southern Iran’s Hormozgan province was attacked, killing 8 civilians.
7. Iran said it targeted U.S. military forces in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
8. The U.S. military said two U.S. service members were killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan, and one is missing.
9. U.S. officials: Iran fired missiles at the Saudi U.S. military base, the first time in four months.
10. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: Two Iranian missiles successfully broke through multiple “Patriot” missile defense lines.
11. Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Iran has stopped fulfilling the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding. Trump: “I don’t care at all.”
12. Iran’s supreme leader said the U.S. has shown its true face; the U.S. repeatedly violated the agreement, and Trump’s signature is not credible at all.
13. Iran’s Ministry of Health: Since June 27, U.S. attacks have killed at least 50 people and injured 500.
14. Per AP: Since the war broke out between the U.S. and Iran in February of last year, 16 U.S. soldiers have been killed and more than 430 have been injured.
15. Multiple explosions were reported from Geshm Island in Hormozgan province, Iran; Iranian media said at least six missiles hit the outskirts of Iran’s Qeshm Island.
16. Per Israel’s Channel 13: The U.S. is preparing to expand its operational scope against Iran by deploying about 100 refueling aircraft to the Middle East region. Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for a potentially major escalation of circumstances in the area.
17. Per The New York Times: U.S. officials said Iran’s attacks on U.S. military bases within Jordan damaged multiple U.S. helicopters and injured dozens of U.S. personnel.
18. Per Iranian media Fars News: An Iranian security official warned that if the U.S. launches attacks on Iran’s infrastructure, airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Ali, should be ready for evacuation.

Strait of Hormuz
1. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The memorandum of understanding does not allow the U.S. to open independent parallel shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.
2. U.S. Central Command: The U.S. military continues to strictly enforce the maritime blockade against Iran. As of July 18, U.S. Central Command had diverted 5 merchant ships and rendered 1 vessel inoperable.
3. Per Saudi state television: In a joint statement by the EU and Gulf states on the Strait of Hormuz and freedom of navigation, they rejected any claims of the Strait involving “illegal sovereignty or control.” It called on Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz unconditionally, for free, and permanently.

Other updates
1. The UAE urged all parties to immediately stop escalating the situation.
2. The U.S. issued a global security alert, saying the Middle East situation may see unexpected escalation.
3. New York City Mayor: If Netanyahu attends the UN General Assembly in New York, he should be arrested for war crimes.
4. Russian Foreign Minister spoke by phone with the UAE’s Foreign Minister, emphasizing that the U.S. and Iran must cease fire and resume negotiations.
5. Per Jordan’s state news agency: Jordan intercepted and shot down four drones that entered its airspace.
6. Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan: Condemned the U.S. for misinterpreting the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding. The U.S. has no intention of making the agreement succeed.
7. Per Saudi media Haddas: Lebanon sources said the leadership of U.S. Central Command expects to visit Beirut next week to track the implementation of the framework agreement.
8. Per Lebanon’s National News Agency: Lebanon’s President Aoun has arrived in Washington and will begin meeting with Rubio the following day, and will meet with Trump next Tuesday.
9. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Strongly condemned Iran’s repeated attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait. This action openly infringed on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the attacked countries, seriously violated international law, the UN Charter, and the principles of good-neighborliness.