Israel launches new strikes on Tehran and Lebanon as Iran hits Gulf neighbours

The shattered structure of a police station is seen after it was hit Friday in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions on Tuesday as air defences worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no signs of abating.

Dubai, a major transit hub for international travel, briefly shut its airspace as the military said it was “responding to incoming missile and drone threats” around the city.