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Kerry Kahn

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Up First from NPR
Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

Well, in the Gulf, it's been active morning, too.

Up First from NPR
Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

Dubai reporting heavy explosions there as its air defense systems engaged incoming missiles and drones.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

An oil refinery in Kuwait was also hit today.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

And Qatari officials tallied damage estimates from an Iranian strike to a major natural gas complex there.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

They say it will top $20 billion in lost revenue.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

And yesterday, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister had words of caution to Iran.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

He said the kingdom's patience is, quote, not unlimited and said it, quote, reserves the right to take military action.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

It's not celebratory mood here for sure.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

It's tense here in Israel.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

Israeli police used tear gas to disperse a group of Muslim worshippers this morning walking toward the old city in Jerusalem.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

Since the war, Israeli authorities have closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

They cite safety concerns because of incoming missile fire.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

And they say the compound doesn't have adequate shelter.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

But Mustafa Abu Suay, a member of the Islamic Authority that manages the mosque, says those security concerns ring hollow.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

He told me they are an excuse for Israel to exert more control over the sacred site.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

He says people are sad and need to come together to pray, he says.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

What else can they do to find hope and community, he says, in these tough times?

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

And of course, in Lebanon, the humanitarian crisis there is dire.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

More than 1.2 million people now displaced and the death toll topping 1,000.

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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future

And that's all from the pounding Israeli airstrikes there against Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants that continue firing missiles into northern Israel.