Air raid sirens sounded across the Gush Dan metropolitan area, including Tel Aviv and surrounding cities, after rockets were launched from Lebanon on Monday, with alerts issued without a preliminary early warning to residents.
Sirens also sounded in the northern coastal city of Nahariya and surrounding communities, as well as the Shfela lowlands.
Rockets fired from Lebanon intercepted over central Israel
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The IDF said several projectiles were identified crossing into Israel from Lebanon in the latest barrage. The Israeli Air Force intercepted some of the rockets, while others fell in open areas. The military said it also received a report of a projectile impact in central Israel.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said one person was lightly wounded in the central city of Ramla. Damage was also reported to a kindergarten in the city.
Separately, an impact of debris was identified in the central city of Beit Shemesh without a prior warning or air raid siren.
The military said search and rescue forces were operating at several sites where impacts were reported and that the circumstances of the incident were under investigation.
Rocket debris crashes in the central city of Beit Shemesh without a siren
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The rocket fire came shortly after earlier alerts were issued for missile launches from Iran. The barrage triggered sirens across large areas of central Israel — including the densely populated Gush Dan metropolitan region, the Shfela lowlands, the Sharon coastal plain and parts of the Samaria region — following the detection of missiles launched from Iran. The barrage included a small number of missiles, and impacts were recorded in open areas.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said it had received no reports of direct casualties or impact sites. Its teams were treating a small number of people who were injured while rushing to bomb shelters.
Meanwhile, sirens warning of a suspected hostile drone infiltration sounded across the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Shortly afterward, the military said the drones had been successfully intercepted.
The Home Front Command later announced that the incident had ended and that residents in northern communities could leave protected areas.
Earlier, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said that NATO air defenses in the eastern Mediterranean shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran that entered Turkish airspace, warning that Ankara would take “necessary steps without hesitation.”
The ministry said parts of the intercepted missile fell in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. No casualties were reported.
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Fragment of Iranian missile intercepted by NATO that fell in Turkish territory
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The incident marks the second time in the past week that an Iranian ballistic missile has targeted NATO member Turkey. Ankara called on all parties to heed its warnings and avoid further escalation.
Last week, Tehran launched a missile toward a Turkish base that stores U.S. nuclear weapons. A U.S. radar system in southeastern Turkey detected the threat and issued a real-time alert to a U.S. warship in the eastern Mediterranean, which intercepted the missile.
Separately, the United States has ordered nonessential diplomats to leave southern Turkey amid rising regional tensions.
IDF launches widespread strikes in Iran
The IDF said it launched a broad wave of strikes against infrastructure belonging to what it described as the Iranian regime’s “terror apparatus” in Tehran, Isfahan and southern Iran.
According to the military, the Israeli Air Force targeted command centers belonging to the regime’s internal repression forces, including the Basij paramilitary and internal security organizations. Military bases in Isfahan were also struck.
Iranian media reported explosions in Tehran, Isfahan and Karaj shortly before the Israeli announcement.
The strikes mark the first time since the start of the war that Israel has carried out attacks in southern Iran, the military said.
Iranian missile attack hits central Israel
Meanwhile, at least six impact sites were reported in central Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack that dispersed cluster munitions, police officials said.
Footage shows moment of direct impact in residential neighborhood in Or Yehuda
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service, said one man was killed and another critically wounded at a construction site in the city of Yehud. A third man was seriously wounded at a separate location in central Israel.