One person was killed Saturday in the United Arab Emirates as Iran targeted five Arab countries in addition to Israel in response to strikes launched by Israel and Iran.

Israel and the US launched major joint strikes on Iran on Saturday, with waves of attacks on sites across the Islamic Republic as US President Donald Trump suggested that the eventual aim of the operation was the overthrowing of the regime.

Strikes targeted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, an Israeli official said. Other top regime and military commanders were also targeted, according to the official. The results of the strikes were not yet clear.

In response, Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel as well as at Arab countries in the region — some of them hosting US military facilities — with at least one person killed in Abu Dhabi.

Saudi Arabia condemned the Iranian attacks targeting its neighbors in a statement released by the kingdom’s official press agency.

“The kingdom strongly condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the brutal Iranian aggression and the blatant violation of the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” said the statement.

There was no mention in the statement of Iran targeting Saudi Arabia — several explosions were heard in the capital Riyadh, but it was unclear if they were targeting the kingdom.

The United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry said “a worker of Asian nationality” was killed in a missile strikes in a residential area of the capital Abu Dhabi, where falling shrapnel also damaged some homes.

Abu Dhabi said it “reserves its full right to respond” and slammed the attacks as “a dangerous escalation.”

An Iranian missile fell on a home in Jordan’s capital Amman, state media reported.

Footage published by Arabic media showed flames and smoke rising from the wreckage.

مقطع يوثق سقوط شظايا صاروخ في منطقة مرج الحمام بالعاصمة الأردنية عمّان#اخبار_المشهد #الاردن pic.twitter.com/lOI85d85V4 — Al Mashhad المشهد (@almashhadmedia) February 28, 2026

مقطع يوثق سقوط شظايا صاروخ في منطقة مرج الحمام بالعاصمة الأردنية عمّان#اخبار_المشهد #الاردن pic.twitter.com/lOI85d85V4

— Al Mashhad المشهد (@almashhadmedia) February 28, 2026

Jordan’s armed forces said it shot down two ballistic missiles targeting the kingdom’s territory.

“They were successfully intercepted by Jordanian air defense systems,” a military official said.

It was unclear if the strike in Amman was a direct hit or the result of an interception.

A center for the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain was hit in a “missile attack,” Bahrain said Saturday, as Iran vowed retaliation following US and Israeli strikes.

Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into the headquarters of the US Navy's 5th Fleet at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain earlier today. pic.twitter.com/6omkCrLy2u — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2026

Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into the headquarters of the US Navy's 5th Fleet at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain earlier today. pic.twitter.com/6omkCrLy2u

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2026

“The Fifth Fleet’s service centre was subjected to a missile attack. We will provide you with details later,” Bahrain’s National Communication Centre said, in a statement.

Qatar’s defense ministry said it successfully shot down all the missiles Iran fired at the Gulf state before they entered its airspace.

“We possess the full ability to protect the country and fend off any external threat,” the Qatari ministry said, adding that the situation in Qatar was “secure and stable.”

Several explosions were heard across Doha as Qatar’s defense ministry said it had intercepted several missile attacks targeting the Gulf state.

Crazy footage showing the fall and impact of an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile in a residential area in Qatar. pic.twitter.com/svMSqfNUdM — Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) February 28, 2026

Crazy footage showing the fall and impact of an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile in a residential area in Qatar. pic.twitter.com/svMSqfNUdM

— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) February 28, 2026

Blasts were heard over central Doha and near the Al-Udeid military base, the largest US military facility in the region.

Qatar’s aviation authority announced a temporary closure of the country’s airspace.

Kuwait also engaged incoming strikes.

Kuwait’s Chief of Staff said in a statement that “air defense systems engaged incoming missiles detected in the airspace.”

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