Day 19: Iranian Cluster Missiles Kill Elderly Couple in Ramat Gan; Ali Larijani Confirmed Dead; USS Ford Ablaze

Day 19 of Operation Epic Fury / Roaring Lion. Iranian cluster munitions killed a couple in their 70s in Ramat Gan — the first confirmed Israeli civilian fatalities from cluster warheads during the conflict. Eight suspected shrapnel impact sites were reported across greater Tel Aviv, including damage to Tel Aviv's Savidor Central Station. The IRGC explicitly claimed the overnight cluster missile barrage was 'in revenge for the killing of Larijani,' confirming Ali Larijani's assassination. IDF struck IRGC Security Unit headquarters, IRGC General Logistics and Support Department, and a ballistic missile array command center. US forces deployed 5,000-pound deep-penetrating bunker busters on hardened Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz. The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier sustained a 30-hour onboard fire and is heading for repairs — a significant US naval capability degradation. Mojtaba Khamenei's status remains unverified; Israeli reports indicate he was wounded and that his mother, wife, and son were killed. Hormuz traffic showed slight increase, with Iran reportedly allowing more ships to transit. Brent crude fell to ~$101/bbl. Trump said the US is 'not ready to leave Iran yet' but will do so 'in the very near future.' Joe Kent, Trump's counterterrorism chief, resigned — the highest-level US official to leave over the Iran war.