at least three dead and dozens injured – Liberation

Alert sirens and calls to the Israeli population to take refuge in the shelters have multiplied since the launch by Tehran of its reprisals, Friday, June 13 in the evening. In twelve hours, Iran pulled at least five loves from missiles on the territory of the Hebrew State, In response to Israeli air strikes against military and nuclear sites on Iranian soil, As part of the operation called « Rising Lion ».

«  »About 150»» Iranian missiles would have been launched, according to the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, who spoke on CNN. Iran said he was targeting « bases« And »military infrastructureIsraeli.

If most of these missiles were destroyed by the anti -aircraft defense, some have nevertheless touched the ground, while intercepted missile debris also made victims and damage. In total, at least three people died and more than sixty were injured, according to Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.

In Ramat Gan, a big suburb of the eastern Tel Aviv, a woman in sixty years who was near the impact was killed by a missile, while a man was seriously injured. In the center of Israel, two people were killed by the fall of a missile; About twenty people were also injured, two of whom are in serious condition.

In the center of Tel Aviv, AFP images showed flames and smoke on Friday evening, rising from a residential building, at the base of which an explosion has widened a wide opening. Further south, in Rishhon Lezion, buildings have been damaged.

A 32-story skyscraper from the Israeli metropolis was also hit by a missile, triggering a fire whose impressive images were broadcast by Israeli televisions. The fire was under control, but the impact damaged the building « from the fifth to the fourteenth floor, making help very difficult« , Explained Haaretz An official of the Tel Aviv fire service. The commercial and residential building has been evacuated, fear that it will collapse entirely.