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A Briton has had a lucky escape after an Iranian drone crashed through his apartment in Dubai.
The airstrike on the tower block in Town Square comes after Iran vowed to step up its retaliation for the killing of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The British man filmed the aftermath of the drone hitting the posh apartment with shattered glass and broken furniture scattered on the ground.
His footage has been shared on social media, with one user on X describing the video as ‘absolutely insane’.
‘No joking guys, now we have just been hit by a drone,’ the British man filming the video said.
‘We heard it coming. It stinks of oil in here. I didn’t even finish my cup of tea. Now we have just been hit by a drone.
‘We’re in Warda 1 on the highest floor, nineteenth floor.’
The Warda 1 block of apartments is positioned within the Town Square inside a 750-acre development of hundreds of townhouses and flats inbuilt 2015.
The caption on the X post read: ‘Absolutely insane video of a British man’s apartment in Dubai having been hit by an Iranian drone which didn’t detonate.’
US President Donald Trump claimed the supreme leader was killed within the US-Israel strikes in Tehran, prompting Iran to reply with airstrikes targeting Dubai, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Iraq and Israel.
Iran has launched missiles and drones towards Israel and 4 Gulf Arab countries with host military bases, including Dubai, a serious city within the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai has suffered airstrikes throughout the weekend as tower blocks and airports have been impacted.
The Burj Al Arab, hailed as Dubai’s most-iconic hotel, was in flames after being hit by an Iranian drone strike within the early hours of Sunday morning.
The enduring sail-shaped structure, which is the sixth-tallest hotel on the earth at 321 metres high, was on fire after it was hit by fragments from an Iranian drone which had been intercepted.
Meanwhile, the Fairmont The Palm hotel in Dubai’s prestige Palm Jumeirah area was also hit and was damaged by falling shrapnel from a struck down airstrike.
4 people have also been injured after Iran attacked Dubai International Airport within the early hours of Sunday.
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UK flights to the Middle East had already been cancelled, while airports in Dubai and Doha have halted all services until further notice.
The UK Foreign Office has warned Britons in Dubai to ‘immediately shelter in place’ amid the airstrikes.
Elsewhere, eight people have been killed in a strike in central Israel and 28 people injured in an explosion in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, on Sunday.
Loud explosions brought on by missile impacts or interceptions may be heard in Tel Aviv.
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