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Seventh Night of Strikes
The United States carried out a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump declared their temporary ceasefire agreement "over," with U.S. Central Command saying its forces "hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities."
“hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”
Iran said it responded by targeting U.S. allies in the region, including Kuwait, where Kuwait said a power plant, water distillation plant and an oil facility had been hit.
Kuwaiti authorities also said an Iranian attack hit a power generation and water desalination station, and Kuwait's Electricity Water and Renewable Energy Ministry said it had extinguished a blaze triggered by the attack.
In Bahrain, the Defence Force said it had intercepted multiple aerial attacks from Iran after Iran claimed it had targeted U.S. aircraft at the Sakhir airbase in Bahrain, while Jordan and Qatar also said they had intercepted Iranian missiles.
The BBC reported that the week of renewed hostilities saw the U.S. reimpose a blockade of Iranian ports and Tehran declare the Strait of Hormuz shut as the preliminary deal to end the war faltered within a month of its signing.
Threats, Accountability, Denials
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement that America's "repeated breaches" had "laid bare a fundamental truth: the signature of the US president is utterly worthless and devoid of credibility."
The BBC reported that the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, said the attacks on Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain were "a grave violation of international law" and accused Tehran of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in action constituting "war crimes."
NBC News said Iran's energy ministry urged civilians to ration power usage after a strike on a power and water desalination plant, causing a fire, and it cited the Iranian Embassy in India describing the attack as a war crime.
The BBC also recorded a U.S. denial that Tehran's claims about civilian infrastructure were true, quoting a White House spokesperson saying the U.S. had "carried out strikes exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure."
NBC News added that U.S. Central Command said it did not disclose any strikes on civilian infrastructure, even as the resumed strikes on critical energy infrastructure appeared to mark a further escalation.
Infrastructure Damage and Fallout
In southern Iran, U.S. strikes destroyed bridges, tunnels and rail links across Hormozgan province in a seventh straight night of attacks, severing roads to the Strait of Hormuz coast and feeding talk in Washington and Tehran that a ground assault may follow.
“six bridges had been struck in Khamir county alone”
Iran International reported that on Friday the provincial governor's office said six bridges had been struck in Khamir county alone, cutting the Bandar Abbas to Lar highway, and it listed the Gariveh bridge and spans near the villages of Latidan and Maru.
The same report said the Shahid Mirzaei road tunnel was reported damaged in both directions and that the Roudkhaneh Shour bridge was hit on the Bandar Abbas to Sirjan route, while two more bridges were damaged on the road from the Minab junction toward Roudan.
NBC News said some 10,000 people in 20 villages faced a disrupted water supply on Saturday after the U.S. hit a desalination plant in Bonji village on the Iranian coast, quoting the water company’s chief executive via Tasnim.
The BBC reported that local authorities said an attack on electricity facilities and desalination pumps at a plant near Jask left about 10,000 people in 20 villages without drinking water, while it also said more than 100 telecommunications masts were knocked out of service in northern Hormozgan province.
