It is consoling to know that a country has missile and drone interceptors in times of war, but some degree of danger remains. When missiles or drones collide with interceptors, the detonation of explosives can cause fires. The explosives can also break into fragments, and those pieces of shrapnel can hurt or kill anyone they hit.
Iran Still Hitting the Gulf
Iran has been busy over the weekend, targeting Gulf countries despite the president’s statement last week expressing his intention to avoid such unprovoked attacks. It appears that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had not consulted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRG) when he apologized and made a promise to the Gulf countries.
Kuwait continues to fend off numerous drone attacks from Iran. Over the weekend, Iran hit a fuel depot in the country, the same day it hit the PIFSS government tower.
In Bahrain, the interior ministry said that three people died as missile fragments hit them, after the country intercepted an Iranian missile. Fragments from this interception also damaged a university facility.
Other Iranian attacks have been reported in the UAE, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai. On Saturday, when an Iranian missile was intercepted in Dubai, a Pakistani driver died as the fragments from an intercepted missile hit his vehicle. Another person died in his car in the UAE as debris fell from an interception.
A car was also seen with a shattered windscreen in Tel Aviv, following a missile interception. It is thought that a warhead shattered in the air on impact, hence the debris. Even without much damage, the falling of such missile remnants in an occupied area is bound to cause anxiety.