War on Iran: Phase II: Day 19

What the report says

Al Jazeera reported on July 30, 2026, that the United States had restarted bombing Iran in what the outlet framed as “Phase II: Day 19” of the war. According to the report, the renewed strikes came only hours after US President Donald Trump warned of a harder response against Iran. Al Jazeera said a family of three was killed on Qeshm Island, an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.

The outlet also reported concern that the conflict may be spreading beyond Iran after a US-owned gas storage tanker was struck by a drone at Egypt’s Damietta port. The report did not provide further details in the supplied text on who launched the drone, the scale of damage, or whether there were casualties at the Egyptian port.

Recent Al Jazeera updates cited in the source material had described a temporary slowing in the US-Iran conflict, with regional mediators trying to support diplomacy. A Day 17 update said Trump had indicated negotiations with Iran were back on, while a Day 16 update said both sides appeared to be giving diplomacy a chance.

The reported resumption of US strikes is significant because it suggests a reversal from that diplomatic pause and raises the risk of broader regional escalation. The alleged drone attack in Egypt, if confirmed and linked to the war, would add a new maritime and energy-security dimension to a conflict already centered near key Gulf shipping routes.