Multiple reports say US strikes hit water infrastructure near Sirik, in Iran’s Hormozgan province, leaving thousands of people without drinking water. Iranian state media cited by outlets report that the strikes damaged two reservoirs that supply the Bemani and Kouhestak areas of Sirik. As a result, residents in the southern port town are described as losing access to drinking water in searing heat. One account says the impact affects over 20,000 people, while another characterizes the number as “thousands.” The reports also link the strikes to a wider exchange between the two countries. They say the United States carried out strikes on the southern cities of Jask and Sirik and on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz after Washington said Iran downed a US Army Apache helicopter over Gulf waters. The sources agree on the location of the reservoir damage, the resulting disruption to drinking water supply, and the stated US rationale tying the strikes to the downing of the helicopter, while specific details about the scale of destruction beyond the reservoirs are not fully uniform across accounts.