Large blaze in Tel Aviv after raid sirens sound
Video shows a major fire burning in downtown Tel Aviv after emergency warning systems sounded in Israel’s main city. An apparent rocket strike from Lebanon hit a shopping centre in the Ramat Gan area of Tel Aviv in central Israel.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported a rocket hit a bus in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv. Air traffic at Ben Gurion International Airport was also suspended, it said.
Red alert sirens were also activated in Haifa city in the country’s north.
This picture shows the site of a rocket attack from southern Lebanon in Ramat Gan, north of Tel Aviv
Military says rocket fragments fell in central Israel
Rocket fire from Lebanon was intercepted by defence systems, but shrapnel fell to the ground in central Israel, the military said in a statement.
“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the centre of the country, the air force intercepted one launch that crossed Lebanese territory. A fall was detected, apparently originating from interception fragments,” the Israeli Army said in a post on X.
Casualties in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah rocket attack
Four people were wounded after a main street of a Tel Aviv suburb was hit by falling shrapnel. The fragments fell after a missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted by the Israeli military over central Israel, the ambulance service said.
Shrapnel from Lebanon projectile caused fire in Tel Aviv
A little while ago, we got a statement from the Israeli military saying the Israeli air force launched one interceptor after a projectile was launched from southern Lebanon – and this was not a direct impact in central Israel.
Rather, it was the result of shrapnel that fell from the sky and then ignited a fire in the city of Ramat Gan, which is in central Israel in the greater Tel Aviv area.
When there are air raid sirens – especially in places such as Tel Aviv and its surrounding cities and suburbs – protocols say people should stay in protected areas for at least 10 minutes, and that’s because shrapnel that falls from the sky can cause a lot of damage.
In fact, it has killed quite a few people over the last year of this war.
Power outage after Hezbollah rocket attack on Tel Aviv
The Israel Electric Corporation says a high-voltage line was damaged, affecting the local electricity supply.
After the attack that hit electricity infrastructure in the Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan area, “a high voltage line was damaged affecting the electricity supply in the streets near the strike”, it said in a statement.
“The company’s teams are on their way to repair the damage to the network and restore the electricity supply to the residents,” it said.
Israeli security services stand in front of a heavily damaged building at the site of a rocket attack from southern Lebanon in Ramat Gan, north of Tel Aviv
