Smoke rose above Dubai's Palm Jumeirah on Saturday after Iranian drones struck the Fairmont The Palm hotel, setting the luxury property ablaze in one of the most visible attacks of Iran's retaliatory campaign against US and Israeli military targets across the Gulf. The Dubai Media Office confirmed an 'incident' in the Palm Jumeirah area, stating that four individuals sustained injuries and were transferred to medical facilities, and that the fire was subsequently brought under control by civil defence teams.
The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, was also evacuated as a precautionary measure, as UAE air defence systems worked to intercept what authorities described as multiple waves of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles and drones across the emirate.
