Overview
- U.S. Navy Central Command told personnel the Juffair district around Naval Support Activity Bahrain is no longer safe and approved paid temporary lodging outside the area.
- Iranian drones and missiles damaged facilities at the 5th Fleet base, with satellite images and Bahraini officials indicating a strike on a service center.
- Bahrain’s armed forces reported intercepting 45 missiles and nine drones, while debris and strikes damaged residential towers, the Crowne Plaza hotel, and the international airport.
- The U.S. Embassy issued shelter-in-place advisories, warned Americans to avoid hotels, and noted restricted airspace and suspended commercial flights delaying authorized dependent departures.
- Air-raid alerts and defensive engagements spread to Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Iraq, with officials citing limited damage at Al Udeid and debris-related impacts elsewhere.