Foreign nationals among latest casualties in Middle East conflict

New casualties have been reported in the United Arab Emirates and the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict.

Pakistan’s embassy confirmed that a Pakistani citizen was killed in Abu Dhabi after debris from an intercepted incoming missile struck him, Caliber.Az reports via American media.

This marks the third Pakistani fatality in the UAE since the start of the war.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that two Palestinians were killed on March 17 in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. 

The strike hit a vehicle in the Muwasi area, a tent camp west of Khan Yunis. According to the organisation, 12 more people were injured and transported to a hospital in Khan Yunis. Israeli military officials have not commented on the incident.

By Jeyhun Aghazada