Beirut, 9 March 2026 (dpa/MIA) - Bahrain's Health Ministry said 32 civilians were injured in an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra, south of the capital Manama.

All those injured were Bahraini citizens, the ministry said early on Monday in a statement carried by the Gulf nation's state news agency.

Among them were children and four people were in serious condition, it said.

The Interior Ministry earlier said in a post on social media platform X that "a number of houses in Sitra were damaged as a result of an attack by drones."

On Sunday morning, the ministry said that "Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water desalination plant following a drone attack."

Iran has carried out attacks across the Middle East for the past week in response to US and Israeli military strikes inside Iran. The attacks have targeted US military bases as well as civilian sites such as airports and residential buildings.

Strikes have been reported in around a dozen Arab countries, with Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar reporting a particularly high number of incidents.

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