Night of fire in the Middle East: cross attacks from Beirut to Kabul, explosions in Dubai, and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad hit.

It has been a night of cross attacks that has just concluded in the Middle East. Israeli airstrikes against Lebanon and the bombing of Beirut, explosions in Dubai and Doha, a hotel in Baghdad and the U.S. embassy hit by a drone and rocket attack, and Afghanistan accusing Pakistan of carrying out an air raid against a hospital in Kabul. Events that make that region of the world a powder keg that is already exploding.

The Taliban government in power in Afghanistan claims that "at least 400 people have been killed and 250 injured in a Pakistani air raid on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul": this is reported by Reuters on its website, adding that "Pakistan has rejected the claim as false and misleading" and stated that it has "accurately targeted military installations and infrastructure supporting terrorism". Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Taliban, claims that an attack occurred on Monday evening targeting the state hospital Omid and that "much of" the facility "has been destroyed".

Three explosions were heard in Dubai following a missile alert in the early hours of today. This was confirmed by an AFP correspondent. The explosions followed a warning on cell phones directed at residents, urging them to "seek immediate shelter" due to "potential missile threats". Numerous blasts were also heard in Doha. Qatar, like several Gulf nations, has been targeted by drones and missiles in recent days, while Tehran intensifies its retaliation campaign against U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Three neighborhoods in Beirut have been bombed, according to Lebanese media, shortly after Israel announced attacks against Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital and on Tehran. Israeli aircraft bombed the neighborhoods of Kafaat and Haret Hreik, in the southern outskirts of the capital, and a raid hit an apartment on the upper floors of a residential building in Doha Aramoun, in the same area. "A series of raids and artillery bombardments targeted southern cities at dawn," reported the Lebanese National News Agency.

The U.S. embassy in Baghdad was hit by a drone and rocket attack, following a similar attack that occurred a few hours earlier. This was reported by a security official. According to a journalist from Afp, the air defense intercepted one vehicle while the second - believed to be a drone - struck the diplomatic mission, causing an explosion. A column of black smoke rose from the embassy. 

Iraq condemned a series of "terrorist attacks" that targeted a hotel in Baghdad, the U.S. embassy, and a major oil field in the south of the country, calling them a threat to the "security and stability" of Iraq. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered security forces to "track down and arrest the perpetrators of these acts and to hand them over to justice immediately so that they receive the punishment they deserve," according to a statement from his spokesman, Sabah al-Numan. "These criminal acts have serious repercussions for our country and undermine the government's efforts for reconstruction and prosperity," the statement read.