US forces struck about 90 military targets along Iran's coastline early Thursday, hitting air defence systems, missile and drone storage sites, and naval infrastructure, according to CENTCOM's statement carried by Arab News. As the US launches strikes on Iran for a second straight night, US President Donald Trump declared the fragile Trump ceasefire "over," per CNBC.

For Indian households, the number that matters isn't 90. It's 90 percent, the share of India's LPG imports that typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway now at the centre of this Middle East conflict, per Outlook India. Roughly 60% of India's cooking gas needs come from imports, and most of that gas has no other practical route in. Every fresh round of strikes near this chokepoint is a direct line to the price of your next LPG cylinder refill.

What happened overnight

CENTCOM said the latest wave targeted coastal surveillance assets and military logistics infrastructure, building on a July 7 strike that hit about 80 targets, including more than 60 small boats belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, according to CNBC. That earlier strike came after Tehran attacked three commercial vessels navigating the waterway. Trump revoked the sanctions waiver on Iranian oil sales that had been part of the temporary truce, telling reporters "As far as I'm concerned, it's over," CNBC reported.

Iran's Health Ministry said two days of US airstrikes had killed at least 14 people and wounded 78 others, its first overall casualty tally, per NBC News. A firefighter identified as Khaled Qaderi was killed when strikes hit Iranshahr airport in the southeast, damaging its flight operations building, according to Al Jazeera, though that account traces to Iranian state media and hasn't been independently confirmed by the US military.

For the first time since April, US strikes also hit Iranian bridges. State media reported a strike on a railway bridge in Golestan province, and the Iran Revolutionary Guards said two bridges on the route to Mashhad, where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was to be buried, were also hit, Arab News reported.

Iran hits back at Gulf bases

Iran's Revolutionary Guard responded with a joint drone and missile attack on US bases, including Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and Shaikh Isa Air Base and Juffair in Bahrain, setting off sirens across Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, according to CNN. Sirens also sounded in Jordan after missiles launched from Iran were detected in its airspace, per France 24.

Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, put the retaliation plainly: "Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you'll get hit," he said, per Al Jazeera. He added that the waterway "will only open with Iranian arrangements, not American threats," per The Tribune India. CENTCOM said its forces "remain vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by the Commander in Chief," according to The Statesman.

India's response and why this hits the kitchen, not just the stock market

India's Ministry of External Affairs said it is "deeply concerned over the recent escalation of tensions in West Asia" and called on all parties to exercise restraint and ensure the uninterrupted flow of energy supplies, per India TV News.

The US Treasury also reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil sales effective July 7, revoking a licence that had let Iran sell crude through August 21, with a grace period for shipments made before that date, per Al Jazeera. That tightens global crude supply just as the waterway itself turns volatile.

India has spent months de-risking its crude basket. The government has said about 70% of India's crude imports are now routed outside the Strait of Hormuz, up from around 55% earlier, aided by diversification across roughly 40 supplier countries, per PIB. LPG is the exception. With roughly 90% of LPG imports still passing through the strait, cooking gas remains the most exposed piece of India's energy chain, far more than petrol or diesel at the pump.

Earlier Hormuz disruptions had already cut off nearly 30% of India's usual LPG imports, about 30,000 tonnes a day, hitting small and medium businesses and pushing India to turn to the US, Nigeria and Australia for extra cargoes, per Down To Earth. In response, an Essential Commodities Act order issued on March 8, 2026 directed refineries to maximise LPG output, lifting domestic production by about 25%, with the entire domestic output now going to household consumers while commercial users face allocation reviews by a three-member OMC committee, per PIB.

That imbalance is the real story here. Crude diversification buys India some insulation from oil-price shocks. It does little to shield the subsidised cooking-gas cylinder that lands in millions of Indian homes each month. If shipping through the waterway slows or insurance costs spike as this conflict widens, LPG could feel it before petrol does.

What to watch next

Both sides show no sign of stepping back. Trump's comments suggest Washington isn't rushing to revive the ceasefire, and Tehran's retaliation against Gulf bases signals it isn't either. As the US launches strikes on Iran and the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz deepens, the numbers to track aren't just strike counts or casualty figures out of Tehran. It's tanker movement through Hormuz, LPG import volumes, and whether the government moves to shore up cylinder subsidies if the waterway gets riskier still.

Follow The United Indian for more news and updates on this developing story.