US airstrikes hit Iran's Hormozgan desalination plant on July 18-19, 2026, disrupting water supply to thousands in the region — confirmed by BBC, Washington Post, NBC, and Al Jazeera. The core fact is real and significant for civilian welfare, but the Reddit post frames this as a "war crime" without evidence that targeting dual-use infrastructure (electricity and water plants serving military/civilian purposes) meets international legal definitions of war crimes. The broader context is that both US and Iranian forces are targeting water and power infrastructure during the escalating conflict — Kuwait's desalination plant was struck twice by Iranian forces in the same period, suggesting mutual targeting rather than one-sided civilian harm.