US Strikes Iranian Targets; Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at US Base in Kuwait

According to reports citing Bloomberg, five U.S. personnel were injured at a base in Kuwait when debris from an intercepted Iranian missile fell on the facility. The injuries were described as minor. Two MQ-9 Reaper drones were damaged in the incident.

The strike occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz and a sixth from a ground-control site in Bandar Abbas. U.S. forces intercepted all six drones. U.S. officials stated that American forces then shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city in southern Iran.

The U.S. military described its actions as measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted a U.S. air base in the region following fresh American strikes on southern Iran. The IRGC said its attack targeted the source of earlier U.S. operations against Iran.

U.S. Central Command described the Iranian strike on Kuwait as an egregious ceasefire violation. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqai condemned the U.S. strikes, calling them a breach of the ceasefire. He said Iran would take all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty.

Kuwait's foreign ministry condemned what it called criminal Iranian attacks that targeted its territory. Kuwait confirmed it had intercepted what it described as hostile missile and drone threats but did not identify the intended target.

A meeting in the White House Situation Room ended without any public announcement. President Donald Trump had earlier said he was prepared to make a final determination on a preliminary agreement. The fragile US-Iran ceasefire has been in place since April. The conflict between Washington and Tehran enters its fourth month.