Gargash, himself a former foreign minister who speaks frequently for his nation, declined, when asked, whether he blamed the U.S. or Israel for the 18-day-old war. The conflict has shaken global markets, led to the deaths of at least hundreds in Iran and displaced hundreds of thousands people in Iran and Lebanon, where Israel is attacking Hezbollah, an Islamic Republic proxy that is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S.Instead, he focused on Iran for what he said were now 2,000 projectiles fired at the U.A.E., the vast majority of them, he said, aimed at civilian targets like buildings, airports and roads.