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Middle East wakes to waves of fresh strikes as conflict widens

By
Helen Regan
Residents in Gulf states awoke to the sound of fresh explosions this morning, after a night of attacks across the region that saw Iran-backed Hezbollah enter the widening conflict.
Here’s where things stand:
Explosions in major cities: CNN teams in the major Gulf cities of
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha heard explosions Monday morning local time. In the Qatari capital, a CNN photojournalist filmed what appears to be missiles being intercepted in the skies. In Dubai, a CNN team heard “two back-to-back blasts,” jets flying overhead and what appears to be intercepters.
Kuwait: A
fighter jet crashed near a US air base, according to online video geolocated by CNN. Footage geolocated by CNN to near Kuwait’s Al Jahra shows what appears to be
a pilot parachuting to the ground. Loud bangs had
rung out early local time as air defenses intercepted “hostile drones” approaching the country via “maritime routes,” state media reported. A
major oil refinery was hit by falling shrapnel, according to state-run Kuwait News Agency. Reuters reported a witness as saying
smoke was seen rising from the vicinity of the US embassy in Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia: Two
drones targeting the Ras Tanura refinery were intercepted and destroyed, according to state TV, citing the Saudi defense ministry.
Lebanon: The Israeli military
launched a series of strikes in Lebanon, including the capital Beirut early Monday. The Israeli military said it had
struck “senior Hezbollah terrorists in the Beirut area” and ordered evacuations across 52 settlements in the south of the country. Video geolocated by CNN shows the top floor of a
building in flames in Ghobeiry, southern Beirut.
Israel: Iran
fired a new barrage of missiles toward Israel on Monday, Israel’s military said. Hezbollah and Israel also traded strikes overnight after Hezbollah said it
launched “missiles and a swarm of drones” at an Israeli army base south of Haifa “in revenge” for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader. Israel’s military also said it had intercepted a projectile fired from Lebanon, and that other fell in open areas.
Iran: Multiple rounds of explosions were reported in the Iranian capital of Tehran and other cities overnight. Patients were
evacuated from a hospital in northern Tehran on Sunday after it was badly damaged in strikes, Iranian state media reported.
Cyprus: The UK’s Ministry of Defence said it responded to a
suspected drone strike at a British military base on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
Bahrain: Sirens have been
sounded over Bahrain, according to the country’s Ministry of Interior.