Ayyab Atrawi

Good morning, Leila.

News of a ceasefire had come here overnight, but instead of waking up to that, missile alerts sounded across people's phones in the Gulf, including where I am.

Iran says an oil refinery on its Levan Island was hit in what they described as an enemy attack.

They also said Tehran and other cities in Iran were targeted by small attack drones, the origin of which they said was unknown.

And then we saw attacks across the Gulf again yesterday.

Kuwait says a wave of hostile drones

from Iran caused significant damage to oil facilities, power stations, and water desalination plants.

People were wounded here in the United Arab Emirates and in Bahrain, and even a main gas complex in Abu Dhabi caught fire.

Saudi Arabia's critical east-west oil pipeline was also attacked, according to reports.

Even Qatar said it intercepted drones and missiles, again, Leila, on what was supposed to be day one of a ceasefire.

Now, all of this was happening...

As Israel launched its largest bombing of Lebanon since this war began, it said it was targeting Hezbollah, but the attack shook Beirut and tore through high-rise civilian neighborhoods there.

So Iran says it had made clear that any ceasefire deal must include Lebanon.

And Pakistan, which brokered the ceasefire between the U.S.

and Iran, also said Lebanon was included in the two-week ceasefire deal reached Tuesday night between Iran and the U.S.

But the White House says it wasn't.

Now, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqshi, as you just heard Franco say, said,

said that the U.S.

must choose ceasefire or continued war via Israel.

He said it cannot have both.