Qatar announced Friday that its army had intercepted a missile attack, with falling debris injuring a child.
“The Ministry of Defense… announces that the armed forces have intercepted a missile attack that targeted the State of Qatar,” the ministry wrote on X.
A child was injured by falling debris after the interception, the interior ministry later reported.
Iran has targeted several Gulf countries since hostilities with the United States resumed on July 7, claiming to be aiming at American military installations.
Qatar, a mediator in talks with the United States alongside Pakistan and host to the largest American base in the Middle East, was targeted on Sunday for the first time since the April truce.
