An elderly man was seriously wounded and eight other people were injured Sunday evening after a missile fired from Iran struck a residential building in the northern city of Haifa.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the man, 82, was injured by a heavy object. His condition later improved, and he was listed as moderate.
LIVE: Iran missile hits Haifa residential building
MDA said the other eight people were lightly wounded, including a baby, and that four additional people were treated for shock. Three people remained unaccounted for.
A gas balloon also exploded at the scene, according to the emergency service.
“When we arrived at the street, we saw a multi-story building that had been hit, and there was extensive destruction at the scene,” senior MDA medic Shevah Rotenstreich said.
Iran missile strikes residential home in Haifa
(Video: from social media)
“Residents who were there told us there were wounded people trapped under the rubble on the lower floors. We managed to move large pieces of concrete with our own hands and rescued an 82-year-old man from the debris who was seriously injured but conscious.”
Vered Ohana, a witness who was near the scene, told Ynet: “It was a crazy boom. It was clear that it was a direct hit. There is extensive destruction all around, and there is still smoke.”
David Mishali, another witness, added: “I thought my house had been hit. There was a huge boom, and I was sure my house had been hit.”
The strike came as Iran resumed missile fire toward Israel, setting off air raid sirens across parts of northern and southern Israel.
Earlier, six people were lightly wounded by a blast wave in the Arab town of Deir al-Asad after incoming rocket fire from Lebanon triggered sirens across northern Israel.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the six were taken to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya for treatment. Several other people suffering from shock were treated at the scene after the projectile landed in an open area.
Hezbollah rocket lands in an open area in Deir al-Asad in northern Israel
The strike came after hours of Hezbollah rocket fire toward northern Israel, including two barrages launched at the Meron area, each consisting of several rockets. Some of the rockets were intercepted, while others fell in open areas. No casualties were reported in those attacks.
In Lebanon, footage circulated of an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area with strong Hezbollah presence, after the IDF had earlier issued an evacuation warning for the site.
Israeli strike on a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs after the IDF had earlier issued an evacuation warning for the site
Earlier Sunday, the military said about 165 launches fired by Hezbollah had landed in or near UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) positions in southern Lebanon.
“The Hezbollah terrorist organization systematically violates international law and continues to operate while endangering international forces and harming UN personnel operating in the area,” the IDF said in a statement. It added that throughout the fighting in southern Lebanon, the army has maintained a coordination mechanism with UNIFIL personnel stationed there.
First published: 16:55, 04.05.26