Officials described the incident as the result of a strike targeting industrial infrastructure in the area.

A nominally active ceasefire has been repeatedly breached by both sides, with Wednesday's exchanges marking one of the most intense single-day escalations of the war to date.

Missile and drone strikes in early June 2026 strained the United States and Iran's fragile ceasefire, but footage of a massive explosion circulating online is unrelated to the Middle East war. Social media posts are claiming the blast was either at an Iranian air force base hit by US strikes or in Kuwait after an Iranian attack,

Iran's IRGC claimed a drone attack on the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, alleging it was retaliation for recent US airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure. The IRGC stated the operation targeted the base in Manama after US strikes damaged civilian facilities in Jask,

QatarEnergy did not indicate whether the explosion had caused any damage to the plant, which supplies gas to the domestic market