One person has been killed after a missile hit a car in Abu Dhabi

US President Donald Trump is considering deploying American troops to seize an oil terminal on Iran's Kharg Island, which processes some 90% of the country's crude exports, Axios has reported.

Iranian has reponded to US strikes on the island by threatening to target US-linked oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.

Here are the latest developments as RT continues to bring you up to date on the spiraling Middle East conflict:

• Israel has launched "limited and targeted ground operations" against Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon, according to the IDF. RT's Steve Sweeny reports from a bombed school in the evacuation zone.

READ MORE: Israel starts ground operation in Lebanon

• "A missile falling on a civilian vehicle" in Abu Dhabi has reportedly killed one person while Dubai airport was closed after a drone struck an oil storage site. 

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has responded to speculation that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Motjaba Khameni is being treated in Moscow.

• The price of Brent crude has surged to nearly $106 per barrel on Monday amid the continuing Middle East tensions.

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