Iran fired missiles and drones at Jordan on Wednesday, including at the Red Sea port of Aqaba, with Amman saying that they were intercepted. Explosions from some of the shoot-downs were heard in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.

It came as the United States and Iran exchanged fire across the Middle East, while officials in both nations called into question diplomatic efforts to stop the war as it threatened to again spin out of control.

The US launched an 11th night of airstrikes on the Islamic Republic overnight, hitting targets across the nation as air defense systems opened fire over the capital, Tehran. Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed retaliatory attacks would continue.

Iran responded with missile and drone fire targeting Jordan’s port city of Aqaba, once again attacking just on the doorstep of Israel. The US has been using Israel’s main Ben-Gurion International Airport and other military bases to host its refueler aircraft and has put fighter jets at bases in the country, but Iran has been hesitant to strike for fear of bringing the Israeli military back into the conflict.

Missile alert sirens sounded in Aqaba, and Jordan’s military said it intercepted four missiles in the Iranian attack, while two others fell in uninhabited areas. Plumes of smoke could be seen overhead in Aqaba in videos filmed by people in the nearby Israeli port city of Eilat, where explosions were heard from the intercepts. Jordan said it also intercepted four Iranian drones.

There were no initial reports of injuries or damage in the attacks.

Smoke plumes rising from Aqaba, Jordan, were visible from Eilat in southern Israel after ballistic missiles were launched toward the city’s airport, which hosts several U.S. military aircraft. pic.twitter.com/zJQzhSHltw — Egypt's Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT) July 22, 2026

Smoke plumes rising from Aqaba, Jordan, were visible from Eilat in southern Israel after ballistic missiles were launched toward the city’s airport, which hosts several U.S. military aircraft. pic.twitter.com/zJQzhSHltw

— Egypt's Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT) July 22, 2026

Iran has targeted Jordan several times in recent days amid an escalation in the conflict with the US. On Sunday, Israel launched interceptors when fragments from Iranian missiles fired at Aqaba potentially threatened Eilat.

The US military said earlier that it had completed an 11th night of strikes on Iran. The state-run IRNA news agency reported that explosions rocked........

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