Middle East war live: Drone strikes on UAE and Saudi Arabia fuel escalation fears
Middle East war live: Drone strikes on UAE and Saudi Arabia fuel escalation fears
A drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, officials there said on Sunday, while Saudi Arabia reported intercepting three drones, as US President Donald Trump warned that Iran must act “fast” after efforts to end the US-Israeli war with Iran appeared to have stalled. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israeli strike in east Lebanon kills Islamic Jihad commander
Israeli strikes killed seven people in Lebanon on Sunday, including an Islamic Jihad commander, Lebanese authorities and state media said, despite a fragile ceasefire as Hezbollah called US-brokered talks between the two countries a “dead end”.
The health ministry published a “preliminary toll” for Israel’s strikes on Sunday, with three people killed in the town of Tayr Felsay, including a child, and two killed in the town of Tayr Debba, including another child.
It said 11 people were wounded in those strikes and four more were wounded in strikes in two other southern towns.
Drone strike causes fire at UAE nuclear plant
A drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, officials there said on Sunday.
Emirati officials said they were investigating the source of the strike and that the UAE had the full right to respond to such “terrorist attacks.” A diplomatic adviser to the UAE president said it represented a dangerous escalation, whether carried out by “the principal perpetrator” or one of its proxies.
The UAE defence ministry said two other drones had been “successfully” dealt with, and that the drones had been launched from the “western border.” It did not elaborate.
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Yesterday’s key developments:
• A drone strike sparked a fire near the United Arab Emirates’s Barakah nuclear power plant, in an attack Abu Dhabi condemned as a threat to regional security.
• After Israel said it had killed senior Hamas commander Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an airstrike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was “very close” to killing all architects of the October 7 attacks.
• US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran on Sunday, saying it had to move quickly towards a peace deal or “there won’t be anything left of them”.
