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Strikes continue in Iran, as Israel expands ground operation in Lebanon

By Catherine Nicholls

We’ve been bringing you reporting on ongoing strikes in the Middle East, with attacks seen in Iran, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.

Israel has expanded a ground operation in Lebanon, it said, in order to “remove threats” and protect the residents of northern Israel. It is also continuing to attack Iran.

Catch up on the latest here:

• Iran: Thick black plumes of smoke could be seen rising over Iran’s capital Tehran in the early hours of this morning, as Iranian state media reported large booms in the capital. The Israeli military said it had begun a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure in Tehran this morning. People there have described feeling “suffocated and frustrated.”
• Lebanon: Israel launched an expanded ground operation in southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Israel Katz said, adding that “hundreds of thousands” of residents who have been evacuated or are evacuating “will not return to areas south of the Litani (river) until the safety of residents (of northern Israel) is assured.”
• UAE: One person was killed after a missile landed on a vehicle in Abu Dhabi, the city’s media office said. An “advanced fire” broke out in the country’s Fujairah petroleum industrial zone after it was targeted in a drone attack, the Fujairah Media Office said. Flights were also temporarily suspended at Dubai International Airport after a fuel tank nearby caught fire during a “drone-related incident” early this morning.