Kuwait, Bahrain Report Hostile Attacks as Trump Threatens Iran with 'Much Worse' Strikes

Kuwait and Bahrain reported repelling "hostile" drone and missile attacks overnight, escalating regional tensions after Iran vowed retaliation against U.S. strikes. The Kuwaiti army confirmed that explosions heard were the result of its air defense systems intercepting incoming projectiles, though the origin of the attacks was not immediately specified.

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This is a response to the bombing of ships carried out yesterday by Iran. If it happens again, it will be much worse!

These events follow Iran's promise to retaliate against U.S. strikes targeting over 80 sites within Iran. In response to Iran's alleged attacks on three commercial vessels, the U.S. had conducted strikes. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had pledged a response to the U.S. actions against the Islamic Republic.

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We just hit them very hard... Every time they hit us, we hit them back twenty times harder.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern warning, threatening Iran with "much worse" strikes should its attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz persist. Trump stated on his social media platform that if Iran attacks again, the U.S. response would be significantly more severe. He later told reporters that the U.S. had struck Iran "very hard" and would retaliate twenty times stronger for any future attacks.

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The General Staff of the Army specifies that the explosions heard result from the interception of hostile projectiles by air defense systems.