The United Arab Emirates has said the targeting of its gas facilities is a “dangerous escalation,” per the Associated Press.

The Abu Dhabi media office announced early Wednesday morning the Habshan gas facilities and the Bab oil field were affected by “falling debris from the successful interception of missiles”.

“The gas facilities have been shut down and no injuries have been reported”, the media office wrote on X.

Qatar’s Ministry of Defence announced another attack on its Ras Laffan gas site early Thursday morning local time.

“The Qatari Ministry of Defense announces that the State of Qatar was subjected to a ballistic missile attack from Iran, targeting Ras Laffan Industrial City, resulting in damages”, a statement shared on X read.

The Defence Ministry said Wednesday Iran fired five ballistic missiles at Qatar. Four of those missiles were intercepted, but the fifth struck Ras Laffan Industrial City, causing a fire.

One day after he resigned in protest of the Iran war, President Donald Trump’s former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, placed the blame for the conflict squarely on Israel and stated that Tehran was nowhere close to developing a nuclear weapon.

“The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events, meaning the Iranians would retaliate,” Kent, who served as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told Tucker Carlson on Wednesday. The Israeli government “felt emboldened” that they could launch the war, and that the U.S. would “just have to react,” he said.

Carlson — who has described the war as ‘‘absolutely disgusting and evil” — asked Kent whether the regime was on the verge of creating a nuclear bomb.

“No. They weren’t three weeks ago when this started, and they weren’t in June either,” he said, referring to the U.S. military’s June 22 strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

Fatalities in Israel and the occupied West Bank have increased amid the Iran war, with several new deaths reported.

The Israeli military told the Associated Press that an Iranian missile struck the West Bank Wednesday night local time.

While the death toll has fluctuated, the humanitarian network, Palestinian Red Crescent, said at least three people have died, and at least 13 more were injured as of early Thursday morning, per the AP.

Israel’s medical service, Magen David Adom, said early Thursday a foreign worker in his 30s was killed by shrapnel in the South Sharon region following missile fire.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre has announced a report of a ship being hit by an “unknown projectile” east of Khawr Fakkan, United Arab Emirates.

The strike caused a fire on board. It’s unclear what damage the ship sustained and whether there were any casualties.

“Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO while authorities continue to investigate”, the centre said.

Qatar warned of a possible incoming attack early Thursday morning local time, according to an emergency alert on residents’ phones, the Associated Press reported.

It comes after the country said its Ras Laffan plant, the largest liquefied natural gas plant in the world, suffered extensive damage from an Iranian strike Wednesday.

US president Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of American troops killed in the ongoing war with Iran.

In a statement on X on Wednesday, the White House wrote: “President Donald J. Trump attends the dignified transfer of six American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in a refueling plane crash while serving our nation. May God bless them and their families. In Honor of: Maj. John A. Klinner, Capt. Ariana G. Savino, Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, Capt. Seth R. Koval, Capt. Curtis J. Angst, Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons.”

Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, a dual Iranian and British national has been charged with engaging in contact that is likely to assist a foreign intelligence service relating to Iran.

Alireza Farasati, 22, an Iranian national, has been charged with the same offence.