Gulf Insider
Sunday into Monday saw significant casualties in Israel, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement carried by state media that Iranian forces had targeted an oil refinery in Haifa. But instead, it appears that the missile slammed directly into a residential building, killing at least four Israelis. Search and rescue teams have spent some 18 hours pouring through the ruins of the complex, recovering two bodies early Monday after an initial two had been found. The casualties could climb amid ongoing recovery efforts. Authorities have said they are urgently investigating how Israel’s air defenses, including the Iron Dome, failed to intercept the inbound ballistic missile. Local reports say the missile broke apart and changed trajectory, making interception much harder. “Israel’s air defense forces attempted to intercept the missile on Sunday evening, according to the Israeli military,” writes the NY Times. “At least part of the missile hit a terraced apartment building in the Vardiya neighborhood, on the upper slopes of Haifa’s iconic Mount Carmel, officials said.” Erez Geller, the director of Israel’s ambulance service for the Haifa region, described that “Part of the building remained intact, and part had collapsed into a hollow.” He added: “It looked like […]
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