US and Iran Trade Strikes for a Second Day, With Tehran Hitting Gulf Bases

The United States and Iran struck each other for a second straight day on Thursday in a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz, ending a three-week-old ceasefire that Trump had already declared "over." Dawn reported that the fresh American strikes prompted Iranian attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, both home to US military facilities.

Accounts of scale differ by source. The Israeli outlet Globes cited the US military saying it hit roughly 90 targets in Iran, with reported explosions at Bandar Abbas and the port city of Sirik, and quoted a senior American official calling the overnight operation broader than the previous day's. The Hindu reported that Tehran said its response also reached Qatar. Washington described its strikes as protection for shipping after Iran's assault on three cargo vessels transiting the strait, while Tehran described the same events as retaliation for American aggression.

Trump said Iran had "called" to negotiate but cast doubt on a deal, a stance that shows the arrangement's fragility. It is a settlement that both sides treat as reversible whenever the balance of advantage changes.

For readers, the reliable facts are narrow. Both governments confirm two nights of strikes, both claim the other started this round, and casualty and damage figures remain contested and largely unverified.