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12-07-2026
MANAMA: Air raid sirens blare in Bahrain as Kuwait reports “hostile missile and drone” attacks after US bombs Iran for a second consecutive night.
Explosions have been reported in Iranian cities along the Strait of Hormuz, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask and Abu Musa Island. At least one person is killed in Iranshahr.
US President Donald Trump says the attacks are in “retribution” for alleged Iranian attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be buried in his hometown of Mashhad today, after millions of people attended funeral processions in the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala.
Israeli forces keep up attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, killing at least eight people in the Palestinian territory and two men in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
Iranian lawmaker to US: ‘Wait for the hard slap’
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Parliament’s National Security Committee, says the country’s supreme leader has taught Iranians not to fear the US.
He warned of a response to the ongoing attacks, saying in a post on X: “Wait for the hard slap from Iranians.”
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized Trump over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, warning that his actions have severe global consequences.
“Donald Trump’s war with Iran has cost American lives, and jacked up prices on gas and groceries for millions across the globe,” she wrote on social media.
“Congress voted against this war. Congress shouldn’t allow Donald Trump to continue it.”
Her comments come after both chambers of Congress passed a bipartisan War Powers Resolution last month, directing the president to halt unauthorized military action against Iran unless explicitly granted congressional approval.
Qatar issues alert over security threat
The Qatari Interior Ministry has issued an alert saying the “security threat level is high” and urging residents to staying at home and in safe places.
Trump continues to ‘double down on his threats’
The US president is continuing to double down on his threats, telling reporters on board Air Force One that the US military will hit Iranian targets 20 times harder than Iran has struck those ships in the Strait of Hormuz and in fact, he said that that will be the ratio moving forward that whatever Iran hits, the US military will retaliate 20 times harder and so it’s clear from the statements from the US president as well as from his vice president, JD Vance, that what is really critical for the White House is ensuring that the Strait of Hormuz remains open. That is the red line for this White House.
As we heard from the US vice president in Milwaukee on Wednesday, he said he believes, as one of the people instrumental in negotiating the MoU, that Iran broke the deal, and that it only abided by the terms of the MoU for approximately one week. Then he says they began shooting and so the US’s standpoint is very simple: They promised to lift the blockade in exchange for Iran to stop shooting. Iran, they said, did not, and as a result, the military responses will continue.
Kuwait air defences ‘intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks’
The General Sraff of the Kuwait Army says its air defences are “currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks”.
It said the sounds of explosions are the “result of air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks”.
The Kuna news agency meanwhile said alarms were sounding across the country. (Int’l News Desk)
