At least nine Israelis were wounded in separate Hezbollah missile attacks on the Greater Tel Aviv area Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Five people were hurt on Monday night, one of them seriously, when a Hezbollah missile, or parts of it that survived an interception attempt, struck the city of Ramat Gan just to the east of Tel Aviv.
RAW FOOTAGE: Central Israel is on fire because of Hezbollah’s indiscriminate rocket fire. pic.twitter.com/QmCPNNe1eV
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“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the center of the country, the air force intercepted one launch,” the Israel Defense Forces stated. “A fall was detected, apparently originating from interception fragments.”
The military later clarified that according to a preliminary investigation, a surface-to-surface missile had broken into several pieces after being intercepted at high altitude.
“As a result of the interception, part of the missile hit the ground and caused damage and casualties,” the IDF continued, adding that incident remains under investigation.
The launch triggered sirens throughout the larger Tel Aviv metropolitan area and the country’s coastal plain, sending millions running for shelter, according to the army’s Home Front Command.
Take-offs and landings were briefly suspended at Ben-Gurion International Airport due to the attack, according to Hebrew media reports.
Morning missiles
Four people were lightly hurt by shards of glass on Tuesday morning when a window shattered during a Hezbollah rocket attack on central Israel, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
Five launches were detected on Tuesday, some of which were intercepted, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Impacts were detected, the military said.
Hezbollah rockets are indiscriminate
Earlier on Monday evening, an Israeli civilian was killed and 30 were wounded when a Hezbollah rocket hit a three-story building in the northern city of Shfar’am.
The fatality was identified as Safaa Awad, a local educator and a mother of four.
We are heartbroken to announce the death of Safaa Awad, mother of four, who was murdered in today’s Hezbollah rocket attack on Arab-Israeli village of Shefar’am, northern Israel. May her memory forever be a blessing 🕯️
Ten other people were injured in the same direct impact.… pic.twitter.com/EMmOpvWK3T
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Among the wounded were a four-year-old boy and a 21-year-old woman in serious condition, according to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital.
According to a security officer cited by Israel’s Channel 12 News, Awad had been in a reinforced shelter at the time of the impact. The door had been blown off its hinges, and Awad was found inside with “severe” shrapnel injuries, according to the report.
