The bombings that the United States and Israel have launched at different points in Iran since last weekend has caused a scale of tension in the Middle East that has already involved several countries such as Cyprus, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates after the assassination of the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Given this situation, the airspace in the Persian Gulf is closed.
In one of Iran's offensive responses, the Emirati city received the impact of several missiles in hotels and in Terminal 3 of its airport international, which has caused great concern among residents in this country. Three of these residents are the Lanzarote natives Adrián Pérez, 31 years old, his partner Daiana Horvat and her sister, Martina Horvat, who have been working for three years in Dubai.
According to La Voz Martina Horvat, on Saturday they woke up with the news that the remains of a missile had fallen in Abu Dhabi. "My family asked me not to go to work and at five in the afternoon when we were at work we began to hear many bombs that made the tables vibrate, but nothing more," she says.
However, from six thirty they began to see missiles in the direction of the seven-star hotel Burj Al Arab. "We saw explosions and at that moment we got very scared... the restaurant closed, we went home and decided to grab our suitcases, clothes, food, documents and go withdraw money and put gas to go sleep in the desert," he/she declares.
Specifically, they slept 35 kilometers from the city and looked for a location that was far from any American military base. "I am thankful for having done that because where my coworkers and we live is a large building and around two in the morning there started to be explosions, many missiles, and all my coworkers were evacuated and they say they had a terrible time," indicates.
During the night they spent in the desert to try to stay away from the large buildings, Horvat says that it was "horrible". "We were safer, but there was no light pollution, there were no noises and apart from the phone alarms that scare you a lot, we saw the missiles exploding in the sky and drones, none of us could have a good night", he recalls. According to him, in just two nights more than 600 missiles and drones have fallen.
The Emirati Government launches a message of tranquility
Despite the situation being very dangerous, the young woman assures that "everyone in the United Arab Emirates feels very safe, especially in Dubai, because you still see people on the beaches as if nothing were happening because the king knows very well what he is doing".
"However, it is inevitable to be afraid, we were serving drinks and had missiles over our heads, it's very scary," she continues. Daiana Horvat says that, after closing the restaurant where she works on Saturday, this Monday it reopened normally, while this Sunday it only opened during the night.
Furthermore, it points out that in the communiqués issued by the Emirati Government, "the priority are people and they assure that they are not going to let anything happen that makes us run a risk, which is why they provide a lot of security".
The situation on this Monday's day is of greater calm, since in the city of Dubai no explosions or missiles have been heard, but "even so we are all controlling it with missile radar applications". Despite this tranquility, the three Lanzarote residents are prepared in case they must flee again given a worsening of the war situation. "We have in the car the suitcases, water and documents in case we have to run out", concludes.
This situation has caused that their families in Lanzarote are very worried. This is the case of Adrían Pérez's mother, who assures that "as a mother I am having a very bad time". "It caused me a lot of anguish at first because you send them a message and they are having a bad time, but you don't know how to help them," she points out.
