Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran:

• A Bangladeshi national was killed by falling shrapnel after a drone interception in the United Arab Emirates, the official WAM news agency said on Wednesday.

• A tanker struck off Qatar was hit by two projectiles, one causing a fire that has since been extinguished and another remaining unexploded in the vessel's engine room, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said.

• Dubai-based airline Emirates' website said on Wednesday that Iranian nationals were not allowed to enter or transit the United Arab Emirates. Another carrier, Flydubai, said Iranian nationals holding a UAE "Golden ⁠Visa" were exempt from the ban.

• Six people, including two children, were wounded in Bnei Brak following an Iranian missile barrage targeting central Israel on Wednesday, medics said.

• The Wafa news agency said the 18-year-old Palestinian was wounded after Israeli military fired tear gas and live rounds in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem.

• Iran says "enemy fighter jets" have bombed the Shahid Haqqani passenger pier in the city of Bandar Abbas a few hours ago.

• The US military denied carrying out a strike on a sports hall and nearby residential area in the Iranian city of Lamerd, rejecting findings from a New York Times investigation.

• At least ten nurses were killed in a US-Israeli bombing in Iran, according to the Isna news agency.

• Once the current war in Iran ends, the attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon will escalate, Financial Times reported Israeli officials saying.