Iran fires missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain after US military hits Iranian radar sites
CENTCOM reports intercepting 6 missiles, with another falling short, hours after striking Iran in response to Hormuz drone launches * Trump says no deal yet because the Iranians are 'strong, they’re proud' * Hezbollah drones trigger sirens in north
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold.
US says it downed 6 Iranian missiles launched at Kuwait and Bahrain, another fell short
United States military officials say Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward neighboring Gulf nations of Kuwait and Bahrain, hours after reporting four Iranian “one-way attack” drones were thwarted.
In a statement posted to X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it intercepted six of the missiles Iran launched and the seventh “did not reach its intended target.”
“There are currently no reports of harm to US personnel, and Iranian claims of damaging US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain are false,” the statement says.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say attacks targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain
Claiming responsibility for the attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it targeted American military bases in the two Gulf countries as a response to US strikes on Iranian radar sites earlier in the night.
Kuwait says air defenses firing at ‘hostile’ missiles and drones; air raid sirens sound in Bahrain
Kuwait’s military says it’s responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, days after an Iranian drone strike on the country’s international airport killed one and wounded dozens.
“Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military says on X, without specifying their origin.
“The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces confirms that any explosions that may be heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks,” the Kuwait Army adds.
Meanwhile, air raid sirens have been activated in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain, according to its interior ministry.
Lebanese TV holds rare interview with Israeli journalist
Barak Ravid, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 12 news and US website Axios, speaks with a news outlet in Lebanon in what he describes as the first interview of an Israeli journalist on Lebanese television.
Conversing in English, Ravid is asked about his interview this week with a top aide for Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, who claimed he could guarantee the terror group’s commitment to a comprehensive ceasefire.
“As far as I know the negotiations are still ongoing,” Ravid tells LBCI, adding that he believes Hezbollah’s rejection of the latest ceasefire proposal was a tactical move to strengthen its negotiating position in the US-brokered talks between Jerusalem and Beirut.
I gave a first ever interview to the Lebanese TV network @LBCI_NEWS. Watch my conversation with the great @murat_toni pic.twitter.com/mtFatTmqFb
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 5, 2026
IDF says it downed a Hezbollah drone, 2 others fell in south Lebanon area adjacent to where troops are operating
The IDF says it intercepted a Hezbollah drone and that two others impacted in an area of southern Lebanon where troops were operating, after sirens were triggered in northern Israel.
No injuries are reported.
Sirens sound in several northern towns due to suspected Hezbollah drone
Air raid sirens are activated in several northern Israeli communities near the Lebanon border due to a suspected Hezbollah drone attack.
US military strikes Iranian radar sites after drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz
The US military says it carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites in what it calls a defensive action after Iran launched four attack drones toward the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military shot down all of the Iranian drones, saying they “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.” It says the Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites targeted by the US were located in Goruk and on Qeshm Island.
The incident was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in the war and efforts to reach a deal to extend that truce.
Earlier this week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.
US approves potential $1.98 billion sale of counter-drone systems to Kuwait
The US State Department says it has approved a potential sale of counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms and related equipment to Kuwait for $1.98 billion.
The principal contractor for the sale is Anduril, the State Department says in a statement.
Trump: Iran still has 21%-22% of its missile stockpile
US President Donald Trump says Iran still had 21% to 22% of its missiles left, in an interview with NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”
“Most of the drone factories have been knocked out, most of the launching pads have been knocked out and most of the missile manufacturing areas have been knocked out,” he says. “But they still have capacity. They have some missiles, they have some drones. I would say percentage wise, maybe 21-22% of their missiles. It’s a lot of missiles, but it’s not what it was when we first attacked.”
Asked why Iran hasn’t yet agreed to a deal despite his claim they are “begging” for an agreement, he says, “it’s a very hard thing for them.”
“They’re strong, they’re proud, there are things that they never thought they’d be doing that they will have to do, they’ve got no choice,” Trump says. “Vietnam lasted 19 years, I’m into my third month.”
US energy secretary says lower gas prices dependent on resolution with Iran
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that lowering gasoline and diesel prices will ultimately take a resolution with Iran to get more oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.