Iran Launches Heavy Missile Offensive on Israel

(MENAFN) In a significant intensification of hostilities, the early hours of Sunday witnessed Iran unleashing a broad missile offensive directed at numerous Israeli sites, in response to a US operation targeting its nuclear infrastructure.

As reported by a news agency, Iran fired no fewer than 40 missiles in a powerful attack that impacted Haifa, Tel Aviv, and several additional areas along Israel’s central and coastal zones.

A national broadcaster noted that Iranian projectiles reached no less than 10 distinct locations within Israeli borders.

A news outlet of Israel verified that five of the Iranian missiles landed on Israeli soil — with three striking the vicinity of Haifa and two hitting parts of central Israel.

Concurrently, the news outlet described the incident in Haifa as “an unusual event,” accompanied by a series of detonations.

Warning sirens were triggered across northern and central parts of the country, including Haifa — an area where, notably, no alerts had been activated during previous attacks, the broadcaster added.

As outlined in a newspaper, considerable physical destruction was inflicted in Haifa.

Further structural damage was also recorded in the Shephelah region and the Dan Bloc, which encompasses Tel Aviv and its neighboring communities.

A broadcaster stated that one building in the Greater Tel Aviv region sustained a direct missile hit.

Numerous other buildings situated along the coastline were also obliterated due to the Iranian offensive.

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