New footage circulated online reportedly shows an Iranian Shahed suicide drone striking a storage depot in Kuwait that was already on fire, according to reports. The footage has not been independently verified. The strike occurred on Tuesday; no details on casualties or damage are available.
New footage circulated online on Tuesday evening appears to show an Iranian Shahed suicide drone striking a storage depot in Kuwait that was already on fire. The clip, which has not been independently verified, adds visual documentation to the ongoing Iranian drone campaign in the Gulf. The strike comes after a series of unverified clips from the same evening that initially described the target as a missile strike, then an aircraft, and finally a suicide drone hitting a US base—the new footage now specifies a burning storage depot, suggesting the fire may have been the result of a previous strike.
The first reports at 20:52 Jerusalem on Tuesday described unverified footage of an Iranian missile scoring a direct hit inside Kuwait. Minutes later, a second video circulated claiming to show an Iranian aircraft striking a target. A third clip, attributed to journalist Hananel Aviv, claimed to show a suicide drone hitting a US Army base in Kuwait. The new footage, released later in the evening, shows a drone striking a storage depot that was already ablaze, raising the possibility of successive strikes on the same location. All clips remain unverified, and the source of the footage has not been identified.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the Iranian drone campaign has escalated over the past month. On June 11, Kuwait's military said it intercepted 24 Iranian drones over 48 hours, reporting no casualties. On July 12, Kuwait confirmed that Iranian drones struck border posts and an offshore oil rig, injuring one worker. On July 8, footage showed Iranian fire toward US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Iran also released satellite imagery on June 13 claiming to show the destruction of fuel depots at a Bahrain air base following drone strikes.
It remains unclear whether the depot in the new footage is a military or civilian target, whether it was hit by a previous strike, or whether there were casualties. The footage has not been independently verified, and no official confirmation from Kuwaiti authorities has been reported.
3 developments
- DevelopingIranian Shahed suicide drone sighted over Iraq en route to US base
- DevelopingNew footage shows Iranian fire toward US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait
- StrongKuwait confirms Iran struck border posts and oil rig, one worker injured
- StrongKuwait Army says 24 drones intercepted, no casualties — conflicting accounts of damage
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