Residents in Bahrain reported seeing launches of HIMARS missiles from the kingdom toward Iran, according to local reports. The report does not specify the number of missiles, targets, or whether the fire came from US forces stationed in Bahrain.
Local reports from Bahrain now specify that the launches observed toward Iran were from HIMARS missile systems. The reports, citing residents, follow a sequenced thread of Gulf missile exchanges reported by The Zioneer since Monday evening.
At 17:47 Mon, The Zioneer first reported a US official telling the NYT that a larger strike wave was expected that night. By 17:47 Mon, initial reports of new US strikes emerged, and within the same timestamp the desk reported the strikes expanding to additional areas in Iran, the US military confirming a new wave, CENTCOM announcing a third consecutive night, and US Central Command confirming missiles launched from Bahrain toward Iran. At 00:14 Tue, analyst Chananel Aviv reported unnamed missile launches from Bahrain toward Iran; at 00:21 Tue, a separate report specified ATACMS missiles from M142 HIMARS launchers in Bahrain. The present bulletin (00:29 Tue) adds local witness reports identifying HIMARS as the system, reinforcing the earlier ATACMS/HIMARS report but still lacking official confirmation of numbers, targets, or interceptions.
As The Zioneer reported on Sun Jul 12 at 02:34, Israeli media had earlier carried reports of a US HIMARS launch from Bahrain toward southern Iran. Iranian attacks on Bahrain have been documented in our thread since early June, including a reported Iranian missile approaching Bahrain on Wed Jun 10 at 21:46 and a second wave against Bahrain on Wed Jun 10 at 06:05. The broader backdrop includes an earlier unverified video from Fri Jul 3 claiming HIMARS launches from Kuwait toward Iran.
The specific targets in Iran, any interceptions, and official US confirmation of tonight's HIMARS launches remain unverified.
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