On Tuesday afternoon, the IDF issued an unusual countrywide warning that intelligence had shown that Hezbollah would try to hit Israel with an escalated rocket assault.

The IRGC claimed the strikes targeted sites in Beit Shemesh, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It also said the barrage hit US military bases in the region, including facilities in Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

Ukrainian air defences intercepted most drones launched by Russia overnight, as the country was attacked with more than 120 UAVs and a ballistic missile.

The 2019 report from the Defense Intelligence Agency explained that Iran pursued ballistic missiles in part because it lacked a modern air force. The missiles gave the country “a long-range strike capability to dissuade its adversaries in the region — particularly the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia — from attacking Iran.”

The UAE MoD says it is “fully prepared” for threats and will respond to any attempts to undermine state security.

Ministry of Defence (MoD) said its air defences engaged 10 more Iranian ballistic missiles on 17 March, indicating there has been

Two people were lightly injured in Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack on Israel, medics say. The pair, two men in their 50s, were hurt in central Israel, Magen David Adom says, after a missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead spread submunitions across the area.

The Ministry of Defence (United Arab Emirates) said casualties in the United Arab Emirates have risen to 141 since the start of what it