The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) defence ministry says the country’s air defences intercepted 11 ballistic missiles and 123 drones today, “while one missile fell within the country’s territory without any human casualties recorded”.

The ministry said in a statement on X that since the beginning of what it called the “Iranian aggression”, 186 ballistic missiles launched toward the country had been detected, with 172 destroyed.

Thirteen of those missiles fell into the sea, and one missile fell in the country’s territory, the ministry said, adding that 812 Iranian drones had been detected and 755 of those were intercepted while 57 fell within the UAE’s territory.

“Furthermore, 8 cruise missiles were detected and destroyed, causing some collateral damage, resulting in 3 fatalities of Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi nationals, and 68 cases of minor injuries among Emirati, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Filipino, Pakistani, Iranian, Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Azerbaijani, Yemeni, Ugandan, Eritrean, Lebanese, and Afghan nationals.”