Video: Guests At Five Palm Jumeirah Hotel In Dubai Spend The Night In Basement Parking Amid Iran Strikes

A hotel guest in Dubai has shared her experience after the city was hit by Iranian missiles over the weekend. The woman, Mia Plainer, described the night as shocking and unlike anything she had seen before. She posted videos on TikTok explaining how the situation unfolded while she was visiting the city. Mia Plainer said she was out on a boat during the day when the attack began. She noticed missiles being fired in the sky and realised something serious was happening. She said, "We were on a boat when all the missiles started firing. And this is when we found out that the Fairmont Hotel had been hit, which was absolutely terrifying. There was missile after missile coming from the sky.”

Later that evening, Mia Plainer returned to her hotel, Five Palm Jumeirah. She said hotel staff decided to move guests to the basement car park for safety. The evacuation was voluntary, but many guests chose to move to the shelter area.

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Videos she shared showed hundreds of people lying on pool lounge mattresses placed across the basement floor. Families with children waited through the night. Staff handed out water and towels to make people comfortable.

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"It was honestly like the craziest experience I've ever witnessed," Mia Plainer said. "I was walking around, and there were just hundreds and hundreds of people lying on beds."

She added that guests remained in the basement from around 12 am until 5 am. After that, the staff allowed them to return to their rooms.

This comes after the US and Israel carried out airstrikes in Iran on Saturday, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with several senior officials. In response, Iran promised retaliation and launched attacks on US military bases located in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and other regions.

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For the third straight day, Iran's counterattacks have continued. UAE authorities confirmed that missiles and drones were launched towards the country. According to defence officials, most of these threats were identified early and intercepted by air defence systems. However, the attacks have led to casualties. As per the defence ministry, at least three people have died, and several others have been injured within the UAE.