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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-17 at 20:02
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- Jul 18, 2026
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HEADLINES Iran Attacks Kuwait Soldiers Wounded Infrastructure Hit US Strikes Iran Bahrain AI Hub Destroyed IDF Detains Israelis Crossing Into Syria The time is now 8:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran fired several ballistic missiles and drones towards Kuwait on Friday, Kuwait's military stated in an X/Twitter post citing Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Major-General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi. Several Kuwaiti soldiers were wounded by falling shrapnel from intercepted aerial targets, according to the statement. Multiple sites were hit by the Iranian attack, including a power station, a water desalination plant, and other civilian infrastructure, with fires and material damage reported. Kuwait's military noted that no civilians were wounded in Iran's attack, which caused additional damage across the country through falling shrapnel from intercepted missiles and drones. Earlier on Friday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for previous strikes on Kuwait, saying it had targeted US military facilities, according to Mehr News. The IRGC also claimed that it had struck and damaged a US military drone depot in Bahrain in response to US strikes last night. On Friday, advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mohsen Rezaei threatened that Tehran will “move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations” if the US continued its strikes. A US official confirmed to Barak Ravid that the first Iranian attacks against US bases and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia in four months just took place earlier. CBS, citing US officials, reported that Iranian attacks against bases in Jordan—likely Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and King Faisal Air Base—injured several US servicemembers, with no fa…