Iranian attack hit water desalination plant in Kuwait

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Cannot find a link yet but was on BBC as breaking news.

Iran might vkaim that but Kuwait who were actually hit say it was Iran.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/4/3/kuwait-desalination-plant-oil-refinery-hit-by-missile-and-drone-strikes

It seems likely that after this war and in particular following the aggressive actions of the IRGC to their neighbours, that Kuwait will be seeking closer diplomatic relations with the US and Israel in future.

a water desalination plant is not a legitimate military target.

Correct.
However that did not stop Israel from bombing all of them in Gaza in 2023
What’s allowed for one, becomes permissible for all.

I am not as convinced because Iranian attacks are retaliatory in nature.
The initial aggression came from the US and Israel.
Or aggression may not be a factor and they will simply align with the winner for self preservation.

Kuwaiti authorities blamed Iran for the strike before midday on Friday. The plant was not identified and the extent of the damage isn’t known.

Iran want chaos in the entire region. Suits them. Happy to bring down all countries with them. Would happily send the middle east into the dark ages. Fortunately, most middle east countries want peace and prosperity and better for their citizens, sadly Iran don't.

I don't think it works like that.

If Israel were wrong to do it in 2023, than Iran are wrong to do it in 2026.

It's a war crime to destroy vital civilian infrastructure no matter which country does it. And yes, that is also true of Israel, of course.

In other news of hitting illegal civilian targets today Israel hit a century old medical centre a Red Cross/Crescent warehouse and more schools.

The US and Israel expanded their attacks on Iran, hitting a century-old medical research centre in Tehran, steel plants and a bridge near the capital in some of the latest strikes on Iranian infrastructure. A drone strike also hit a Red Crescent aid warehouse in Iran’s Bushehr province.

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said more than 600 schools and education centres have been hit. [ so far ]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-35-of-us-israeli-attacks

The IRGC denying stuff. Did they claim the other strikes or deny them?

Obviously it was ethically and legally wrong in 2023 and today no matter who does it, but a law is only as good as the political will to enforce it. Israel has faced zero sanctions or repercussions for hitting illegal civilian targets for years.

This has emboldened other countries to ignore the laws of armed conflict, when something like this emerges it is called a climate of permissiveness.

Although some commentators are also saying that after this conflict the gulf states wont want to host US bases anymore. It's shown it doesn't make them any safer.

Who is to say what the situation after this conflict? - seems major global shifts are likely. I dont think US will want close relations with Israel. Aipac is a dirty word in the Democratic party. Israel pulling US into this war has caused divisions in Maga. This conflict, I hope, may be the last US war of aggression.

Israel and the US denied hitting the school in Iran, nothing new in denying strikes from all sides.

@BoredZelda

Where has the US hit that isn't Iran?

The US admitted hitting the 1 girls school with the high casualties.
US and Israel have admitted hitting the other 500 or so schools as well.

Ah well. Be grateful it wasn’t a school, huh?

Maybe but the executions in Iran continue and they’re quite keen on their own horrors so if they do gain more power we’ll see where it goes.

2026 so far the US has hit:
Venezuela
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Yemen
Nigeria
Somalia

The US admitted that eventually but iirc they tried to blame Iran.

I don't think the US have "admitted" hitting the girls school in Iran.

They have explicitly said they would never target a school.

It seems likely that the school was hit by a US plane but that doesn't mean they purposefully targeted a school.

To suggest otherwise is misinformation.

No they didn't.

At first no one knew who was responsible for hitting the school so there were lots of opinions flying around that it was the US, it was Israel, it was Iran.

They hit it nevertheless.

By mistake is just as bad.

Do you follow what Amnesty have said the IRGC are doing? There seems to be a general blank over that part.

No. They admitted hitting the girls school but that it was an accident.
Saying they’d never target a school was saying they did not deliberately hit it.

The U.S. Pentagon has launched a formal investigation into a missile strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 165 civilians, many of them children, which determined the U.S. was at fault, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

It wasn’t hit by a plane, the Pentagon probe showed it was hit (double tapped) by two US Tomahawk missiles.

I'm glad we agree now that your statement What’s allowed for one, becomes permissible for all was not right and it's ok to criticise Iran for striking a desalination plant in Kuwait.

My statement is correct. It was a real politiks observation of when laws are not enforced, the crime becomes de facto permitted.

I posted this on a previous thread

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/us-precision-strike-missile-iran-lamerd.html
New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows

The Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on Feb. 28, according to visual evidence examined by The Times and weapons experts.