Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said on X that a drone attack on Sunday morning (8 March) damaged a water desalination plant in the country. The drone attack is one of many such attacks that GCC countries endured on the day, amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel, the United States, and Iran.

The desalination plant processes seawater into potable water for residents; Bahrain is estimated to generate the majority of its drinking water from desalination plants.

“The Iranian aggression randomly bombs civilian targets and causes material damage to a water desalination plant following an attack by a drone,” the ministry statement said.

In a separate announcement, the Bahraini ministry also said that three people were injured and a university building in northern Bahrain was damaged when fragments of an Iranian missile fell there.

On Saturday (7 March) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States had attacked an Iranian desalination plant on Qeshm Island, saying, “The U.S. committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted. Attacking Iran’s infrastructure is a dangerous move with grave consequences. The U.S. set this precedent, not Iran.”

A spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East, denied that the country had attacked a desalination plant in Iran.