Iran live updates: Trump met with advisers on Iran options, sources say

As the Houthis claim to have attacked two Saudi Arabian ships on Wednesday, President Donald Trump is warning that the U.S. will inflict "major military punishment" on Iran and the Houthis if this happens again.

"If they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves, who I am very disappointed with,” Trump wrote on social media.

The president reflected on previous escalation between the U.S. and the Houthis, but said the Iranian-backed rebels group have "acted very responsibly" throughout the almost-five month war with Iran. Trump also said the Houthis had been "very professionally and smart" prior to this point.

Both Kuwait and Jordan confirmed new Iranian attacks on Thursday, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted U.S. bases in both countries.

Kuwait's Armed Forces said in a post to X that its air defenses were responding to "hostile drone threats" on Thursday.

Jordan's official news agency PETRA, meanwhile, said on Thursday that the country's air defenses downed three Iranian missiles and six drones over the previous 24 hours. One missile was not intercepted and "landed in a remote, uninhabited area," the agency said.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

While attending the ASEAN summit in Manilla, Philippines, on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that Iran is "going to pay a price" when asked if the U.S. was planning to escalate its ongoing strike campaign in the coming days.

"The president's policy is a head for an eye," Rubio said. "They will pay a very heavy price for the things they're doing. They're already paying a very heavy price."

"They're probably not ready to do a deal yet, but they will be soon because the price they're paying is very high, despite their tough talk and their flowery language and their stupid Lego videos they put out," Rubio said.

Rubio denied reports that Russia is helping Iran to target its strikes on U.S. bases and personnel, telling reporters there is "nothing that anyone's doing to help Iran" target Americans.

The secretary of state did not directly respond to Trump's social media posts threatening to bomb Iran's infrastructure each time they target ships in the Strait of Hormuz when asked by reporters. However, Rubio suggested Iran is "begging" the U.S. "every single day" to make a deal both "directly and indirectly."

"The price will continue to get higher every single night until they come to their senses. Right now, apparently they haven't come to their senses, and so the president doesn't see a lot of utility in responding to their overtures at this point," he said.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti, Alex Ederson and Tierra Cunningham

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday morning that it targeted U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Jordan in a new wave of strikes, in a statement carried by Iranian state media.

The IRGC described the attacks as retaliation against the U.S. and not the Kuwaiti or Jordanian people.

The latest Iranian attacks came after the U.S. military's 12th consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran on Wednesday.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor