"The UAE Ministry of Defence published footage on Tuesday purportedly showing the country’s air defense systems intercepting Iranian missiles and drones over Emirati airspace. The exact location and date of the footage cannot be independently verified. Earlier in the day, the ministry announced that it had intercepted 11 ballistic missiles and 123 drones, while one missile struck UAE territory without causing any human casualties. The ministry added that since the breakout of conflict in the region on Saturday, it had detected 186 Iranian missiles, 13 of which fell into the sea while one hit UAE territory. It added that a total of 812 Iranian drones have been detected, 755 of which were intercepted, while 57 struck the country. The authorities added that eight cruise missiles were destroyed, resulting in collateral damage and three fatalities among Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi nationals, while 68 people were injured, including Emirati, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Filipino, Pakistani, Iranian, Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Azerbaijani, Yemeni, Ugandan, Eritrean, Lebanese, and Afghan nationals. Despite this, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei stressed that the missile and drone attacks against countries across the region are: “in no way means hostility from the Iranian nation toward the peoples of the region.” “What we are doing is targeting American military bases,” he claimed. “This is a principle of international law. We were subjected to military aggression. We have the right to defend ourselves, and we have the duty to defend ourselves.” The United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledging to “destroy Iran’s missiles.” In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had launched “large-scale missile and drone attacks” against Israel. Reports also indicated that US bases in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, and Kuwait were targeted. "