US forces target Iranian tankers as IRGC retaliates with Jordan base attack
Iran’s IRGC urges crews to leave tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain, warning it will target ships following US attack.

Iran’s IRGC urges crews to leave tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain, warning it will target ships following US attack.



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![An injured person in a hospital following a US attack on a telecommunications tower in Kuhestak, in Minab, Iran, September 4, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-04T190329Z_1939706523_RC2DCNA4V8ZU_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-STRIKES-SIRIK-1788549938.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




Far-right minister entered Islam’s third-holiest site alongside settlers under protection of Israeli occupation forces.

An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.
Israel threatens the Qalandiya Training Centre, one of Jerusalem’s oldest still-operational educational institutions.
Christian Saunders tells Al Jazeera raid part of campaign to weaken agency and eliminate Palestinian rights.
The Israeli Product Centre says it has not been given enough time to sell off its stock.
Raid on UNRWA centre exposes Israel’s strategic push to erase refugee rights, seal West Bank annexation, analysts say.

Video shows the moment a Palestinian boy was shot during an Israeli raid on a UN facility in occupied East Jerusalem.