Kuwait and Bahrain respond to Iranian aerial attacks

Kuwait's army stated its air defenses were confronting missile and drone attacks following what it described as "sinful Iranian aggression." In Bahrain, the military announced its air defenses "confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks," with blasts heard in the north and a warning siren in the capital, Manama. Iran's army claimed responsibility for targeting two US bases in Kuwait with drones in response to American attacks on Iranian territory.

State media reported Iran carried out "large-scale attacks with kamikaze drones against the US military's ammunition depot at Camp Udairi and the Patriot radar system and air surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait." Both Kuwait and Bahrain, hosts to US military installations, have experienced Iranian attacks on their Gulf neighbors since hostilities resumed this month. Kuwait previously reported that Iran struck a power and water plant and an oil facility.

Central Command CENTCOM stated that two service members were killed on Friday while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, with another service member still missing.