Iran Kills One, Wounds Dozens in Missile and Drone Attack on Kuwait International Airport

Iran launched missiles and drones that hit Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and wounding dozens more as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire looked increasingly fragile, CBS News said Wednesday.

“Health alert in Kuwait after the Iranian attack, with the IRGC denying that it targeted the Kuwait International Airport”

BBC

Kuwait’s military said the attack killed at least one person and wounded 63, and the Guardian reported it was the first deadly attack in the Gulf since a ceasefire on 8 April came into effect.

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The U.S. military rejected Iran’s account, saying it was a “deliberate, calculated, and unjustified attack” and that “Iran struck a civilian airport with drones.”

The IRGC denied targeting the airport and said “a Patriot missile fell on the airport after failing to intercept Iranian missiles,” while BBC reported Kuwait’s Health Ministry declared a full-scale alert and reported 63 injuries and seven major urgent surgeries.

The dispute over what struck Kuwait’s airport ran alongside political pressure in Washington, where the House passed a war powers measure to force President Trump to end the war with Iran without congressional authorization, CBS News reported.

CBS News said Trump denied Iranian state media reports about Tehran over Israel’s ongoing war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and insisted talks were “going on continuously,” while the Guardian quoted Benjamin Netanyahu saying Iran was “playing with fire.”

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In Kuwait, the BBC reported the Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian chargé d’affaires and declared two Iranian members of the diplomatic mission “persona non grata” with an order to leave within 24 hours.

Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf vowed a strong response, with ISNA quoted by the BBC saying, “any aggression will be met with a decisive, remorseful, and proportional response,” as the IRGC also threatened “Every shot fired and every attack will be met with a deluge of missiles and drones,” according to the Guardian.

The attack on Kuwait International Airport further jeopardized efforts to secure a new ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran, the Guardian said, as it described fresh missile and drone exchanges between the U.S. and Iran.

“Iran strikes Kuwait's main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed one person and wounded dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the U”

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The Guardian reported that overnight U.S. forces fired a Hellfire missile to disable a tanker trying to break through the American blockade of the strait of Hormuz, and it said the IRGC claimed it attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain in response to the strike on Qeshm.

NPR said Kuwait briefly shut its main airport after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, and it reported that authorities said 63 were wounded, including passengers and workers, with some suffering serious injuries.

NPR also said Kuwait’s Defense Ministry spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, described the strike as “a number of hostile drones” targeting a passenger building, while the BBC reported Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority resumed flights after assessing damage and implementing safety measures.