The UAE said yesterday that the country’s air defence systems intercepted two ballistic missiles and three drones launched from Iran, with the incursions resulting in three moderate injuries.
In a statement, the Defence Ministry said the interceptions took place amid what it described as ‘blatant Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates’.
The ministry advised residents not to approach, photograph or touch ‘any debris or fragments that have fallen as a result of successful air interceptions’.
The ministry said UAE air defences have intercepted a total of 551 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles, and 2,263 drones since the start of US-Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28.
According to the statement, the total number of injuries has reached 230, involving multiple nationalities.
For the third time this week, the UAE announced that its air defence systems had intercepted missile and drone attacks it said were launched from Iran.
The UAE strongly condemned the renewed Iranian attacks, saying they represented a ‘dangerous escalation’ and that the country reserved the right to respond. The UAE announced on Thursday that it set up a committee to document Iran’s acts of aggression and crimes against the country.
A resolution was issued by Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, establishing the committee to record and monitor ‘Iranian acts of aggression, international crimes and the damages resulting from them, which affected the territory of the UAE, its citizens, visitors and residents’.
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