Two missiles were launched by Iran toward Cyprus, British Defense Minister John Healey told the BBC on Sunday morning, adding that the country may not have "necessarily" been the intended target.
A source confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the missiles were in fact intended to reach Cyprus, but fell short and landed in the water.
Thousands of British military personnel (known also as the British Forces Cyprus) are stationed at the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus.
He also noted that 300 British troops had been stationed near the US military base Iran struck in Bahrain on Saturday, with some of the soldiers being "several hundred yards away."
The Jerusalem Post reported on Saturday that Iran had hit an empty quarter of the base, and that Bahrain had successfully handled missiles in its airspace.
'Indiscriminate, uncontrolled attacks'
Iran has struck several other countries in retaliation for Israel's Operation Roaring Lion and the US's Operation Epic Fury, including Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
"It demonstrates how our bases, our personnel, military and civilians at the moment are at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrollable in the attacks it's mounting," he said.
According to the BBC, Healey declined to say whether the UK backed the American and Israeli strikes on Iran, reiterating that Britain "played no part" in the attacks.
Healey also told the BBC that he believed the UK shared in the goal that "Iran should never have a nuclear weapon," adding that it is "for the US to set out the legal basis of the action that it took."
This is a developing story.
Danielle Greyman-Kennard and Reuters contributed to this report.