Kuwaiti television broadcasts were interrupted early Wednesday after air raid sirens were reported across the country, according to The Zioneer.
Kuwaiti television broadcasts were halted early Wednesday after air raid sirens sounded across the country, The Zioneer reports. The halt comes as the Gulf state faces a confirmed aerial assault by Iran.
At 01:14 Jerusalem, the Kuwaiti Army General Staff announced that its air defense systems were actively intercepting hostile missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles following what it described as an Iranian attack. The military statement was the first official confirmation of the source of the sirens and explosions reported in the past hour.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10, unverified reports of sirens and explosions in Kuwait emerged earlier this year amid regional tensions, though those events were not attributed to a confirmed state actor. The current Iranian attack marks a significant escalation in the conflict’s geographic scope.
It remains unclear whether the television broadcast interruption was a precautionary security measure or the result of infrastructure damage. No casualties or property damage have been confirmed.
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