Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s office has strongly condemned Iran’s recent attacks on Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain. According to the Wafa news agency, Abbas’s office expressed deep solidarity with the three countries on Thursday and reaffirmed Palestine’s full support for any measures they take to defend their sovereignty.

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that it carried out strikes early Thursday on two U.S. military bases located in Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC described the attacks as the first phase of a punitive response against the United States, following two consecutive days of U.S. airstrikes inside Iran. The group warned that further retaliation could extend to other American bases in the Gulf region if U.S. operations continue.

The U.S. military stated that its airstrikes targeted 170 sites within Iran since Tuesday, while Iran’s military confirmed the deaths of eight soldiers in the initial wave of attacks near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.