Overview
- UAE defense officials said their air defenses engaged incoming ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran, with authorities reporting a house fire from shrapnel in Dubai and a drone strike on an administrative building in Sharjah.
- Dubai’s media office said crews extinguished a fire on a Kuwaiti oil tanker hit by a drone in Dubai waters, and it reported all 24 crew members were safe with no deaths.
- At an Arab League ministerial meeting, UAE minister Khalifa bin Shahin Al Marar accused Iran of ongoing attacks on civilian sites and urged enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 2817 and recourse to Chapter VII.
- Israel said it intercepted drones launched from Yemen and claimed airstrikes on military targets inside Iran, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced expanded operations in southern Lebanon.
- Sky News Arabia reported the United States has reinforced forces in the region and is weighing several military options, as oil prices rose on fears that threats to the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb could disrupt global energy flows.