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The impact of an Iranian missile against a residential building in the Haifa metropolitan area, in northern Israel, caused at least 4 injuries, one of them seriously. Credit: EFE/ MDA -
The impact of an Iranian missile against a residential building in the Haifa metropolitan area, in northern Israel, caused at least 4 injuries, one of them seriously. Credit: EFE/ MDA
JERUSALEM, Israel.—This Sunday afternoon, a iranian missile directly hit a residential building Haifa metropolitan areain the north of Israel and whose refinery was attacked twice previously by Tehran, causing at least four injuries, one of them seriously.
Las Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it was a direct hit and Israeli Channel 12 reported that he was carrying a 450 kilogram warhead.
🇮🇱🇮🇷 | Israeli firefighters reported that three people are missing in Haifa after the impact of an Iranian missile, while intense search and rescue efforts continue that could last several hours. pic.twitter.com/2TglcKYC2G
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The attack leaves several injured
The Israeli emergency service Red Star of David (Maguén David Adom, MDA) agreed that it was a direct impact against a seven-story residential building and explained that among the injured was an 82-year-old man, in serious condition due to falling debris.
He was transferred to a nearby hospital in a mobile intensive care ambulance due to his seriousness.
🚨 DIRECT IMPACT IN HAIFA: A ballistic missile hits a 7-story residential building. Rescue teams search for missing people in the rubble. The MDA service confirms several serious injuries, including an 82-year-old man. Critical situation in the north. 🇮🇱… pic.twitter.com/eiVnS9gDjH
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In addition, a 77-year-old woman, a 38-year-old woman and a 10-month-old baby – who suffered a head injury – were also treated for minor injuries caused by shrapnel and the result of the explosion.
MDA later reported that, together with members of the Fire Departmentthey are searching for three missing people and have evacuated 9 injured of varying severity.
“Firefighters have arrived at the scene and have begun working with due caution to clear the area affected by the destruction, while carrying out search work with thermal cameras to locate the injured. Several hours of work are expected,” added MDA.
Pre-Haifa attacks
🔴 MDA: 1 seriously injured, 1 child lightly injured in Haifa following missile shrapnel impacts pic.twitter.com/5QcQliwGeb
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It is not the first impact that Haifa has received in an Iranian attack during this war. The most important city in northern Israel saw its refinery hit last week by missiles from Iran without causing any casualties.
This was the second time that this infrastructure had an impact, which also suffered damage on March 19, causing electrical blackouts in some neighborhoods of the port city.
In the 24 hours until 8:00 p.m. local time (17:00 GMT), MDA teams claim to have provided medical care to 36 patients: 24 of them with physical injuries (one from debris, nine from explosions and shrapnel, and fourteen slightly injured on the way to shelters) and 12 with symptoms of anxiety.
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