FACTS
Overnight update September 27 Iran conflict
The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) says traffic has been averaging about 30 vessel transits per day over the preceding 72 hours, based on U.S. Coast Guard data. The Joint Maritime Information Center separately said there had been no confirmed attacks or disruptions in the Strait over the preceding 72 hours, which conflicts somewhat with the reports of explosions and illustrates the uncertainty around what occurred.
Within the last 24 hours, there has been a confirmed/reported Houthi attack directed at Saudi Arabia.
In the early hours of 26 September, Saudi Arabia’s Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two ballistic missiles and two drones launched by the Houthis toward the kingdom. The missiles were reportedly headed toward Khamis Mushait, while the drones were directed toward the Riyadh area.
Saudi authorities reported the weapons were intercepted, and there are no confirmed reports of significant damage or casualties in Saudi Arabia from that salvo in the sources I checked.
There are reports of Saudi airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen within the last 24 hours.
On 27 September, reports said Saudi aircraft struck targets in Taiz, southwestern Yemen. Houthi authorities said a market area was hit, reporting 7 deaths and about 40 injuries; those casualty and targeting claims have not been independently verified.
Separately, the Institute for the Study of War reported that Saudi and Yemeni government-aligned forces carried out strikes against Houthi weapons facilities and military supply routes on 26 September.
The Houthi military spokesman has claimed Saudi Arabia carried out 27 airstrikes across several Yemeni provinces. That figure is a Houthi claim and has not been independently verified.
Importantly, some of the attacks are being described as Saudi-backed/Yemeni government operations, rather than direct Saudi attacks, so attribution varies by incident
MEK/PMOI-affiliated “Resistance Units” claim they carried out 60 coordinated actions on 26 September across 17 municipalities, but the reported activities were primarily propaganda, banners, slogans and other acts of resistance—not confirmed armed attacks on security personnel. This is the group’s own account and has not been independently verified.
IDF-confirmed eliminations of Hamas operatives in the last 24 hours
Sahar Nidal Latfi Sakr was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza, on Saturday. The IDF/Shin Bet announced the killing on 27 September. Israel says Sakr was involved in the October 7 abduction of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or and had subsequently supplied weapons to Hamas.
The IDF also announced on 27 September the killing of Muhammad Hamad Muhammad Ghabain, a Hamas military-wing commander who Israel says was involved in holding nine Israeli hostages. However, that strike occurred on Tuesday, so it does not fall within the last 24 hours.
Two other Hamas operatives — Ibrahim Fawzi Ismail Mohsen, a Nukhba commander, and Mohammed Kamel Suleiman Mohsen — were killed in strikes on Friday, 25 September, according to the IDF, so those also fall outside a strict 24-hour window.
Overnight 26–27 September, Hezbollah launched an explosive drone toward IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon. The IDF said there were no Israeli casualties.
In response, the IDF said it carried out airstrikes against several Hezbollah sites, including locations used to launch explosive drones and anti-tank missiles, as well as other Hezbollah infrastructure.
Lebanese reporting also describes additional Israeli airstrikes, artillery and machine-gun fire on 27 September in areas including Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil and Tyre
Iranian Riyal now at an all time low against the US $ trading around 2,351,000 to one dollar from a few days trading around 2,330,000