A lush Dubai tourist hot spot was set ablaze Saturday in Iran fired missiles on the middle east nation in retaliation for US-Israeli airstrikes.
Fairmont The Palm, at the Palm Jumeirah — the glitzy tree-shaped island renowned for luxury apartment towers and hotels — looked like a war zone on Saturday, video and images circulating on social media showed.
The massive hotel was engulfed in flames after UAE forces intercepted an Iranian air attack, according to reports.
A presumed downed missile struck the front of the lush Fairmont The Palm in Dubai
on Saturday. x/ALI_HASHIM_313ADebris from the intercepted attack, initially believed to be a missile, were believed to have crashed down near the front of The Palm, setting the facade of the building on fire, photos showed.
Officials have not revealed whether anyone was hurt or killed at the luxury hotel.
The strikes also sparked concerns that the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, may have also been struck.
The UAE military boasted of intercepting three waves of ballistic missiles from Tehran.
Videos circulating on social media showed a massive fireball and plume
of smoke that engulfed the luxury man made island. UGC/ANONYMOUS/AFP via Getty ImagesDebris from one of the waves intercepted by the UAE Air Defense system fell on several areas in Abu Dhabi, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced on X.
One person was killed in the failed strikes.
A “worker of Asian nationality” was killed in one of the strikes in residential areas of Abu Dhabi, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Earlier on Saturday, a cyclist watches as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against several gulf nations including the UAE. AFP via Getty ImagesThe UAE stated it “reserves the right to respond” to the Iranian strikes, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Iran launched strikes into other Gulf nations on Saturday after being hit by Operation Epic Fury, including Israel, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
