Iranian drones heavily damaged Kuwait International Airport, prompting Kuwait to suspend commercial flights. Iranian attacks also struck Bahrain, damaging a residential building without reported casualties. In response, the U.S. military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian air‑defence, ground‑control stations, surveillance radar sites and a facility on Qeshm Island.

Accounts differ on the extent of damage at Kuwait International Airport. One set of reports states that Iranian drones heavily damaged the airport, leading to the suspension of commercial flights. Other reports say Kuwait’s armed forces intercepted two hostile ballistic missiles in its airspace with no reported damage or casualties.

According to Bluesky, one person was killed in the Iranian attack on Kuwait Airport. Al Arabiya reported that U.S. strikes were said to be in response to the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter and that President Donald Trump said the response should be "very strong, very powerful." Dawn reported that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out attacks against a U.S. base in Jordan and 21 other Gulf targets. Euronews.com reported that Kuwait Defence Ministry said a number of hostile drones targeted the airport’s passenger building, severely damaging it and injuring people. The Guardian reported that President Donald Trump threatened that Iran "will no longer exist" and said the United States might "militarily finish the job." GDELT reported that Kuwait’s armed forces said two hostile ballistic missiles were intercepted in its airspace with no reported damage or casualties.