Live attack news updates from Dubai, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia: The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses were facing hostile missile and drone attacks. The Army General Staff indicated that if explosions were heard, they were because air defense systems were intercepting hostile attacks.
Pakistani driver dies after missile debris falls on his vehicle: Dubai authorities said debris from an airstrike fell on a vehicle in the Al Barsha area, killing a Pakistani driver.
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Drone attacks kill 4 in United Arab Emirates: The incident brings the death toll in the United Arab Emirates to four, including people of Pakistani, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationality.
UAE air defenses intercept 15 ballistic missiles: The United Arab Emirates announced that its air defense systems had detected 16 ballistic missiles, of which 15 were intercepted and destroyed, while one ballistic missile fell into the sea. Air defense systems also detected 121 unmanned aerial vehicles, of which 119 were intercepted, while two fell on UAE territory. “Since the start of the blatant Iranian aggression, a total of 221 ballistic missiles have been detected, of which 205 were destroyed, while 14 fell into the sea and two missiles landed on the territory of the United Arab Emirates. A total of 1,305 Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles have also been detected, of which 1,229 were intercepted, while 76 unmanned aerial vehicles fell on the territory of the Emirates Eight cruise missiles were also detected and destroyed,” the ministry said. he said in a post on X.
As misinformation about “missile alerts” circulates on social media, The Indian Express Global Desk adheres to rigorous verification standards. Our reports are based on direct updates from the UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA), the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Ministries of Defense of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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