Fresh explosions were reported across southern Iran on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the conflict is ongoing.

The escalation threatens to broaden a regional confrontation involving Israel, Iran, and the United States. These events follow statements from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi regarding the nation's readiness to respond to any attack.

Netanyahu said "the war is not over yet" [1]. He said Iran will never obtain nuclear weapons and that new challenges lie ahead [3].

Simultaneously, Iran's Revolutionary Guards reported they attacked three U.S. bases [2], specifically two bases in Kuwait and one in Bahrain [2].

Reports regarding U.S. military involvement in the region are contradictory. Some reports state the U.S. military denied involvement in the latest attacks [1]. However, other reports indicate the American military said it hit around 90 targets [4] in airstrikes across Iran.

These developments occur amid high tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have maintained a posture of retaliation against foreign military presence in the Gulf region.

“"the war is not over yet"”

The conflicting reports of U.S. airstrikes and IRGC retaliatory attacks suggest a volatile security environment where official denials and military claims are clashing in real-time. The focus on U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain indicates that Iran is willing to target regional allies of the U.S. to exert pressure, while Israel's rhetoric suggests a long-term strategy to prevent Iranian nuclear capabilities regardless of immediate ceasefire attempts.