Israel Says Intercepted Two Unknown Targets Over Haifa

The Israeli Iron Dome system responds to missiles launched from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (EPA)
The Israeli Iron Dome system responds to missiles launched from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (EPA)
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Israel Says Intercepted Two Unknown Targets Over Haifa

The Israeli Iron Dome system responds to missiles launched from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (EPA)
The Israeli Iron Dome system responds to missiles launched from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday (EPA)

The Israeli army said on Saturday that its Air Defense system intercepted two unknown targets over the city of Haifa.

Earlier on Friday, the Jerusalem Post reported an explosion in the Haifa Krayot area, saying no sirens were reported and no alert was released by the army.

"Following the reports of the echoes of explosions over Haifa, air defense fighters intercepted two unidentified targets over the city of Haifa, no alert was activated according to policy," an army statement read.

 

 



Two Killed in Israeli Strike North of Lebanon’s Capital

An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
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Two Killed in Israeli Strike North of Lebanon’s Capital

An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)
An ambulance takes wounded to a hospital in Beirut. (AFP)

At least two people were killed in an Israeli strike near the Christian-majority town of Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday, in the first attack on the area by Israeli forces.

The Israeli military was looking into the report of the strike in Jounieh, a spokesperson said. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group that is fighting Israeli troops on Lebanon's southern border and whose top leadership has suffered blows from targeted Israeli strikes.

The health ministry said the Israeli strike targeted a car.

Two witnesses told Reuters they heard a small blast and saw a Honda sports utility vehicle travelling on the main highway south in the direction of Beirut begin to lose control.

The car stopped about 100 meters down the highway and a man and a woman ran out of the vehicle and into a grassy area on the side of the highway before another blast, the witnesses said.

One witness saw the charred remains of a person in the grassy area.