What to know

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the US attack – which broke a lull in fighting in the six-month war – would “result in punishment of the aggressor”.S1S2
• The military said it struck an island in the Strait of Hormuz to prevent mines being laid in the crucial waterwayS5
• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the attack that reportedly killed and wounded several people, but did not provide further details.S6
• The renewed attack comes as the war, which had largely been locked in a stalemate, has continued with no end in sight for six monthsS7