Get you up to speed: UAE reports two deaths from missile debris as tensions with Iran escalate
Two people are dead and three more wounded after a missile attack in Abu Dhabi caused by debris from a falling intercepted missile, according to the United Arab Emirates media office. Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has become a point of tension during the ongoing conflict.
Two people died and three were wounded in Abu Dhabi due to debris from a falling intercepted missile, according to the United Arab Emirates media office. In response to the conflict in the Middle East, Donald Trump stated that the US is “decimating Iran” and threatened to “unleash hell” if Iran does not accept defeat.
The US has sent a 15-point plan to Iran aimed at ending the conflict, which includes demands for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear programme and access through the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iranian state media has stated that the country has its own five-point proposal for negotiations.
Two people killed and three wounded after missile intercepted in Abu Dhabi | News World
Two people are dead and three more wounded after a missile attack in Abu Dhabi.
The victims were were killed by debris from a falling intercepted missile, the United Arab Emirates media office said.
Iranian attacks injured five people in the central Israeli city of Kafr Qasim and the West Bank.
The casualties pile more pressure on Donald Trump to find an end to the conflict in the Middle East, after the US President claimed the Iranian regime were too scared to admit they were negotiating with him.
Speaking during the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner in Washington DC last night, Trump said Iranian officials were ‘afraid to say it because they figure they’ll be killed by their own people’.
He added that the the US are ‘decimating Iran’ and that the Mullahs are also ‘afraid they’ll be killed by us’.
Iran was lashed with heavy strikes overnight, with missile attacks reported in the city of Isfahan, which is home to a major Iranian air base.
The US has sent a 15-point plan to end the war to Iran, which reportedly include demands for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear programme and shipping access through the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran dismissed the plan and called the American demands ‘excessive’ and ‘not positive’.
Iranian state media has said the country has its own five-point proposal for negotiations.
Israel.=”” by=”” giuseppe=”” cacace=”” afp=”” via=”” getty=”” images=”” decoding=”sync”/>
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has become a point of tension during the conflict (Picture: Giuseppe CACACE / AFP via Getty Images)
The regime’s defiance irked US President, who threatened to ‘unleash hell’ if Iran does not accept defeat.
It comes as more than 10,000 military targets in Iran have been struck since the war began last month, according to US Central Command.
Trump will also dispatch more than 1,000 extra troops from an airborne assault unit to the Middle East.
Comment now
Comments
Add WTX as a Preferred Source on Google