US Expands Iran Strikes to Six Bridges Chabahar Port Surveillance Tower and Desalination Plant as Campaign Enters Seventh Day

US airstrikes overnight into Friday hit six bridges in Iran's Hormozgan province, killing at least seven to eight people according to Iranian state television, and collapsed an IRGC surveillance tower at Chabahar port that CENTCOM said was used to track vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz 123. The strikes marked the seventh consecutive night of the campaign; CENTCOM said it hit dozens of targets including surveillance sites, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities 34. Iran's Health Ministry reported at least 38 to 46 people killed and more than 400 wounded across the recent strikes 14. Iran retaliated with missile attacks on Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait, striking a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait that Kuwaiti authorities said caused widespread damage, while Qatar's Interior Ministry reported a child wounded by falling debris 35. A tanker sustained minor damage in an attack near the Omani side of the strait, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations center, and separate strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan killed at least nine people in an attack targeting the Komala dissident group 13.