US and Iran Trade Strikes as Gulf War Escalates and Hormuz Threatened

The US and Iran have exchanged military strikes across the Persian Gulf, with US forces hitting Iranian oil infrastructure in Khuzestan province while Iran targeted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and launched attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan, collapsing a June peace deal. This escalating conflict in the heart of the ancient Middle East edges the world closer to the broad regional war long anticipated in end-times prophecy, destabilising the very nations surrounding Israel. Scripture speaks of a time when the nations will be in distress and perplexity, with wars and rumours of wars preceding the final conflict centred on Israel — a pattern now visibly accelerating (Luke 21:25; Matthew 24:6-7).