{"id":495778,"date":"2026-02-28T14:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495778\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:46:11","slug":"iran-strikes-near-us-navy-base-in-bahrain-harrowing-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495778\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran strikes near US Navy base in Bahrain, harrowing video shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran struck a\u00a0US Navy base in Bahrain Saturday<\/a>\u00a0in a series of retaliatory attacks across the region after the US and Israel launched a multitude of attacks targeting Iranian regime officials and military targets, sources confirmed to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A massive explosion<\/a> could be seen close to the base on the Persian Gulf Island nation associated with the US Fifth Fleet in video obtained by The Post.<\/p>\n

The footage is taken from a vehicle passing by the area. A cloud of dark smoke blasts into the sky after the explosion, which then sends shrapnel flying in all directions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God, oh my God, oh my God,\u201d the passengers can be heard shouting.<\/p>\n

An Iranian missile was launched at a US Navy base in Bahrain on Feb. 28, 2026. Supplied<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what the impact of the strike to the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet, the naval command overseeing the US Navy\u2019s Middle East operations. Initial reports suggest there are no US casualties in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

Iran launched a barrage of missiles in strikes targeting Israeli and US military bases across the region, including in Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Jordan.<\/p>\n

The US and Israeli daylight attack, dubbed \u201cOperation Epic Fury,\u201d came in response to the Iranian regime refusing to agree to a deal that would dismantle its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of the United States\u2019 airstrikes on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

President Trump said he was determined to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power and would use the might of the US military to stop the regime.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It\u2019s a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon,\u201d he said Saturday morning during an eight-minute video address.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smoke and debris shoot up in the air after the missile strikes the base. Supplied<\/p>\n

A cloud of dark smoke blasts into the sky after the explosion, which then sends shrapnel flying in all directions. Supplied<\/p>\n

A smoke cloud shoots into the air after an Iranian air strike targeted a US base in Bahrain. UGC\/UNKNOWN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The US had been building up a large military presence in the Middle East featuring\u00a0two powerful carrier strike groups in the Mediterranean Sea, including the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n

\u201cI built and rebuilt the military in my first administration and there\u2019s no military on earth even close to its power, strength or sophistication,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

The commander in chief warned of possible casualties from Iranian attacks but reassured that proper protocols were in place to minimize American deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill the lives of courageous American heroes, may be lost and we may have casualties,\u201d he said. \u201cThat often happens in war. But we\u2019re doing this not for now, we\u2019re doing this for the future and it is a noble mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran struck a\u00a0US Navy base in Bahrain Saturday\u00a0in a series of retaliatory attacks across the region after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[193250,4,450,451,801,803,3,452,453,965],"class_list":["post-495778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-airstrikes","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}