FIVE WOUNDED IN TEL AVIV AREA ROCKET STRIKES

November 18, 2024

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Five people were injured Monday in the suburbs of Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv, including one woman in serious condition, after rocket fire hit central Israel, first responders said.

Air raid sirens had sounded earlier in Tel Aviv and in several cities of central Israel, Israel’s civil defence command said.

The military said it had “intercepted one projectile” that crossed from Lebanon while Israeli police said they received reports of rocket debris falling in the Tel Aviv area.

The Magen David Adom service said its first responders evacuated five injured people to hospitals following rocket strikes in the Ramat Gan region, near Tel Aviv.

AFPTV footage shot in Ramat Gan around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) showed a fire that started on a sidewalk at the base of a transmission tower, as well as surrounding buildings with blown windows.

Earlier, a spokesman for Israeli firefighters said a rocket strike killed a woman in the northern Israeli town of Shfaram, east of the Haifa area.

The military said Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, fired around 100 projectiles from Lebanon towards Israel on Monday, while Israel’s air force carried out more deadly strikes on Beirut.

Israel and Hezbollah have been at war since September.