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Israel and Iran traded fresh missile and drone attacks on Sunday as the Middle East war entered its second month.
Major aluminium plants in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were targeted in attacks that left several people injured.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for the strikes, stating that the facilities were linked to the US military and the space sector in the region.
In Abu Dhabi, six workers were injured in the attack, while in Bahrain, two people sustained minor injuries after a strike on one of the world’s largest aluminium production plants.
Meanwhile, Israel and the United States have intensified their strikes on multiple locations across Iran.
In Iran’s Hormozgan province, at least five people were killed and four others injured in an attack on a port, which also damaged two vessels and a vehicle.
In a separate incident near the city of Shaft, one person was killed and five others wounded after a strike hit a residential area.
The Israeli military said it had completed a new wave of attacks targeting alleged weapons depots and air defence systems across various parts of Iran, including Tehran.
Loud explosions were heard in Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj in the early hours of Sunday, with smoke seen rising from mountainous areas, though full details of the targets remain unclear.
Sirens continued to sound in northern Israel in the early hours of Sunday due to incoming rocket fire from Lebanon.
In a statement, Lebanese group Hezbollah claimed the strikes and issued details about these attacks.
Hezbollah said it targeted the town of Metula with a rocket salvo at 5am, and attacked the village of Shtul with a rocket salvo at 6.20am.
The group said it also carried out a drone attack on the Rawiya base in the occupied Golan Heights and launched rockets at a site in the village of Ghajar at 6.25am.
The Saudi Defence Ministry has said that it destroyed 10 drones over the past few hours.
The ministry gave no details on where the drones were downed or whether there was any damage or casualties.
