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The UAE on Monday confirmed that four cruise missiles were detected heading towards the country. Authorities successfully intercepted three cruise missiles approaching the country’s territorial waters from Iran, while a fourth missile fell into the sea, the Ministry of Defence said., reports WAM.
According to reports UAE residents received multiple emergency alerts on Monday afternoon regarding potential missile threats and were urged to stay indoors or in safe places until the missile threat passes — the first such alerts since the shaky ceasefire went into effect almost a month ago.
The Iranian Navy has fired missiles and drones to warn US warships approaching the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to challenge Iran’s control over the key waterway in the Persian Gulf.
The Navy said in a Monday statement that it was forced to fire cruise missiles, combat drones, and rockets near US warships that had ignored its warnings not to approach the Strait.
The statement said the warships had turned off their transponders and attempted to approach the Strait in “dark mode” before reactivating their radars.
The Navy said its forces had warned the ships that any attempt to approach the Strait of Hormuz would be a violation of the ceasefire announced in early April, which had allowed a halt to the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.