After a similar statement this morning from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Trump told the New York Post in a quick interview on Monday that he would not rule out sending American ground troops into Iran, stating, “I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground. Every President says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it.” President Trump added that he “probably” doesn’t need to send ground troops but that he is open to the possibility “if they were necessary.”

An Iranian drone strike on a hotel in the city of Manama, the capital of Bahrain, injured two employees with the U.S. Department of Defense over the weekend, according a diplomatic cable from the State Department seen by The Washington Post.

The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait has instructed staff to continue to shelter-in-place, while recommending that all Americans in the country do the same, with the airspace over Kuwait still closed due to constant attacks by Iran.

Kuwait becomes the first of the Gulf Nations to announce the death of one of their servicemembers as a result of hostile action by Iran, identified as Sgt. Walid Majid Sulaiman of the Kuwaiti Navy, with the full statement from Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense reading:

Press Release
Issued by the General Staff of the Army

*The General Staff of the Army Mourns Duty Martyr Sergeant Walid Majid Sulaiman*

The General Staff of the Army mourns Duty Martyr Sergeant Walid Majid Sulaiman, one of the members of the Naval Force in the Kuwaiti Army, who was martyred this evening while performing his duty as part of the national missions entrusted to the armed forces.

Asking the Almighty Lord to envelop him in His vast mercy, to admit him into the spacious gardens of Paradise, and to inspire his family with patience and solace.

Explosions and interceptions reported over Doha, the capital of Qatar, as Iran launches yet another wave of ballistic missile against the Gulf Nations.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage of a strikes recently against an Iranian naval vessel in the Gulf of Oman, possibly a Jamaran-class corvette or another one of the surface combatants that were struck Saturday/Sunday at Konarak Naval Base in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Southeastern Iran. Along with the video, CENTCOM states, “Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO.”

Sirens sounding now in Bahrain.

Out of an abundance of caution, all personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Jordan have temporarily departed the Embassy Compound in Amman due to a threat, according to a release by the U.S. State Department.

The Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has stated that the Strait of Hormuz is now closed and Iran will set fire to any ship trying to pass into or out of the Persian Gulf, according to the Iranian state-run Tasnim News Agency.

IRGC Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Jabbari: “We will not allow a single drop of oil to leave the region.”

Newly released video shows locals in Kuwait approaching and offering to help one of the pilots of one of the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles that was downed this morning in a “friendly fire” incident over Kuwait.

“Are you fine?”

“Yes.”

“You need something to help you?”

“No, I’m okay.”

“No problem, you are safe. You are safe. You are safe. Thank you for helping us.”

Sirens are currently sounding across Jordan, after the U.S. Embassy in Amman warned of an imminent threat earlier.

Footage published by the Israel Defense Force which shows a strike earlier Monday against an alleged ballistic missile launcher on the move in Iran.

Reports from Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency that the Iranian Parliament Building in Tehran has been targeted within the last few minutes by strikes from the Israeli Air Force.

Six U.S. servicemembers have been killed in action so far during Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing strike campaign against Iran, with the remains of two previously unaccounted for servicemembers being recovered from a facility that was struck during Iran’s initial attacks in the Middle East, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

The Israel Defense Force has issued evacuation orders once again for twelve towns and villages in Southern Lebanon, as strikes are likely imminent against targets affiliated with Hezbollah.

An Evacuation Order has been issued for the Evin Neighborhood of Tehran by the Israel Defense Force, as further strikes appears to be imminent against Iran.

The Israeli Air Force has began a new wave of strikes against the Iranian capital of Tehran.