Morning recap

Good Morning Middle East Eye readers, If you are just joining us, here are key developments from across the region and beyond: * Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry says a strike caused a small fire at an Aramco building in Dhahran with no injuries. * Cities across Saudi Arabia were rocked by explosions on Tuesday night local time after the kingdom launched strikes on energy facilities in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital controlled by the Houthis. * Israeli forces shot two Palestinians in the head with rubber-coated metal bullets in Ras Karkar, a village west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, injuring both, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing local sources.. * Four people were injured in Riyadh by debris from two intercepted Houthi missiles, the Saudi civil defence agency said on Wednesday. * The UN is supporting Palestinian farmers and olive pickers ahead of the olive harvest season, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said, reiterating calls for Israel to protect civilians from settler violence. * Iranian missile and drone attacks on ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz were at their most intense in the two weeks to 11 October, the highest level since the US-Israeli strikes began seven months ago, the Financial Times reported. * Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omanian counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, have discussed the latest regional developments, including the situation in Yemen, in a phone call, a statement issued via Iranian Araghchi’s Telegram channel said. * Yemen’s Houthi-affiliated health ministry said artillery shelling killed one person, while two others were killed in an explosion involving unexploded ordnance, Al Jazeera reported. * US Central Command (Centcom) has rejected Iranian military's claims that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz and would sink approaching American warships. * US President Donald Trump has accused Yemen’s Houthis of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices, probably ahead of the US elections. *Trump issued a threat to Iran during a campaign rally in Alaska on Tuesday night, Israel's Channel 12 reported. * A Palestinian woman has been killed in an Israeli strike targeting an apartment near the al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera's reporters on the ground. * International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that recent attacks on Saudi Arabia could impact people "everywhere", as energy costs rise globally and multiple conflicts rage in the crude-rich region. * Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said that he discussed regional developments with his Pakistani counterpart, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, in a phone call.